N. ech n. “spine, *spiny quill or bristle” (Category: Thorn)
A noun for “spine” in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√EK (Ety/EK; EtyAC/EK). In The Etymologies as published in The Lost Road it was given the gloss “spear” (LR/355), but Carl Hostetter and Patrick Wynne corrected this to “spine” in their Addenda and Corrigenda to the Etymologies (VT45/12). Given the root’s association with pointed things, this word likely means “spine” in the sense of “*spiny quill or bristle” in a plant or animal, and not “spine” as in “vertebrae”.
References ✧ Ety/EK; EtyAC/EK
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| ᴹ√EK > ech | [ekko] > [ekkʰo] > [exxo] > [exx] > [ex] | ✧ Ety/EK |