S. #thanc adj. and n. “forked” (Category: to Split)
An adjective for “forked, cleft, split”, most notably an element in the name Orthanc, derived from primitive ᴹ✶stankā based on the root ᴹ√STAK “split, insert” (UT/400; Ety/STAK). This word dates all the way back to Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s, where ᴱN. thanc had glosses like “cleft, divided, split, cloven, forked, bifurcated” (PE13/154, 165; PE14/66), and in one place was also a noun glossed “cleft, break, breach” (PE13/165).
Reference ✧ UT/400 ✧ “forked”
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N. thanc adj. and n. “cleft, split” (Category: to Split)
Reference ✧ Ety/STAK ✧ “cleft, split”
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| ON. sthanka > thanc | [sθaŋka] > [sθaŋkʰa] > [sθaŋxa] > [θaŋxa] > [θaŋx] > [θaŋk] | ✧ Ety/STAK |
ᴱN. thanc adj. and n. “cleft, divided, split, cloven, forked, bifurcated; cleft, break, breach” (Category: to Split)
References ✧ PE13/154, 165; PE14/66
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| thainc | plural | ✧ PE13/154; PE13/165; PE13/165 |
| thanga | plural | ✧ PE13/165: [noun only] |
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