Eldamo : Early Quenya : ank

ᴱQ. ank (anq-) n. “loop, handle, ring” (Category: Furniture (other))

⚠️ᴱQ. anc (anqu-), n. “loop, handle, ring” (Category: Furniture (other))

A noun in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “loop, handle, ring” for holding something, derived from the early root ᴱ√ᵁNQᵁN having to do with ears (QL/31, 98). Tolkien considered transferring it to the root ᴱ√AQA “grasp, hold” (QL/31).

References ✧ QL/31, 98

Glosses

“loop” ✧ QL/98
“loop, handle, ring” ✧ QL/31 (‽ank)

Variations

ank ✧ QL/98; QL/98; QL/31 (‽ank)

‽ank “loop, handle, ring” or to ᴱ√aqa- ✧ QL/31
ᴱ√(U)ṆQ(U)Ṇ¹ cp. under ank ✧ QL/98

Inflections

anq-

stem

✧ QL/31

Derivations

< ᴱ√ṆQṆ¹ “*ear” ✧ QL/31 (ᵁNQᵁN); QL/98 ((U)ṆQ(U)Ṇ¹)

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√ᵁNQᵁN > ‽ank	[ṇ̄kʷ] > [aŋkʷ] > [aŋk]	✧ QL/31
ᴱ√(U)ṆQ(U)Ṇ¹ > ank	[ṇ̄kʷ] > [aŋkʷ] > [aŋk]	✧ QL/98