Eldamo : Early Primitive Elvish : TṚKṚ

ᴱ√TṚKṚ root. “*root”

⚠️ᴱ√TṚKṚ root. “*root”: ᴹ√STUD “base, ground”

An unglossed root in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with derivatives ᴱQ. tarka “root” and ᴱQ. tarkele “great system of roots” (QL/94). It also had derivatives in the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon such as G. tarc “root” and G. tricthon “(fibrous fine) root” (GL/69, 71). There are no signs of this root in Tolkien’s later writing.

References ✧ GL/69; QL/94

Variations

TṚKṚ ✧ QL/94
tṛk ✧ GL/69

Derivatives

> ᴱQ. tarka “root” ✧ GL/69; QL/94
- ⇒ ᴱQ. tarkele “great system of roots” ✧ QL/94
> G. tarc “root (especially edible roots)” ✧ GL/69
> G. tricthon “(fibrous fine) root” ✧ GL/69