Q. endë n. “centre, middle” (Category: Center)
The word ᴹQ. ende first appeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s, glossed either “middle, centre” (Ety/ÉNED) or “core, centre” (Ety/NÉD), and derived from the root ᴹ√ENED “middle” (Ety/ÉNED). In notes from late 1960s Tolkien had {ened >>} ente “centre”, which he clarified was “not used of emotions or thought only physical” (VT41/12). In this context it was derived from √HENET “middle” (VT41/16). But in other writings from the late 1960s, the word as again ende from √ENED “middle” (VT48/25), and I believe √HENET > ente was a transient idea.
Neo-Quenya: Base on its 1930s glosses and the meaning of 1960s ente, I believe ende is a noun referring to a physical centre.
References ✧ VT41/12; VT48/25
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| √ened/l > ende | [enede] > [ende] | ✧ VT48/25 |
ᴹQ. ende n. “centre, middle, core” (Category: Center)
References ✧ Ety/ÉNED, NÉD
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| ᴹ√ÉNED > ende | [enede] > [ende] | ✧ Ety/ÉNED |
| ᴹ√NÉD > ende | [enede] > [ende] | ✧ Ety/NÉD |