?ᴱ√KḶNḶ root. “*ring”
A hypothetical root serving as the basis for “bell” words in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s such as ᴱQ. kilin “bell” and ᴱQ. kalon “(large) bell” (QL/46); syllabic Ḷ would help explain the vowel variations. In Tolkien’s later writings, “bell” words were derived from ᴹ√NYEL.
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