Eldamo : Middle Primitive Elvish : GAT

ᴹ√GAT root. “*catch”

ᴹ√GAT root. “*catch”: ᴱ√LAQA “catch”

An unglossed root in The Etymologies of the 1930s with derivatives like ᴹQ. atsa “claw, catch, hook” and N. gad- “catch” (Ety/GAT), so probably meaning something like “catch”. It is not clear whether this root remained valid in Tolkien’s later writing.

Reference ✧ Ety/GAT

Derivatives

> ᴹQ. atsa¹ “claw, catch, hook” ✧ Ety/GAT
> N. gad- “to catch” ✧ Ety/GAT
- ⇒ ᴺS. !gadas “trap”
> ᴺQ. !at- “to catch, capture”