Eldamo : Middle Primitive Elvish : STAK

ᴹ√STAK root. “split, insert”

ᴹ√STAK root. “split, insert”

A root in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “split, insert” with derivatives like ᴹQ. sanka/N. thanc “cleft, split” and N. nestegi “insert, stick in” (Ety/STAK). S. thanc remained an element in S. Orthanc “Forked Height” (LotR/555; UT/400), indicating the ongoing validity of this root.

References ✧ Ety/STAK; EtyAC/NDAK

Glosses

“split, insert” ✧ Ety/STAK

NDAK “slay” ✧ EtyAC/NDAK

Derivatives

> ᴹ✶stankā “cleft, split” ✧ Ety/STAK
- > ᴹQ. sanka “cleft, split” ✧ Ety/STAK
  - ⇒ ᴺQ. !sancon “schist, (lit.) split-rock”
- > ON. sthanka “cleft, split” ✧ Ety/STAK
  - > N. thanc “cleft, split” ✧ Ety/STAK
    - ⇒ N. Lhamthanc “Forked Tongue” ✧ Ety/STAK
    - ⇒ N. Orthanc “Mount Fang”
⇒ N. #nestag- “to insert, stick in”
> ᴺQ. !sacillë “splinter”
> ᴺQ. sahta- “to split”
> ᴺS. !thaetha- “to split”
⇒ ON. nestak- “to insert, stick in” ✧ Ety/STAK
- > N. #nestag- “to insert, stick in” ✧ Ety/STAK; EtyAC/NĒ̆