Eldamo : Primitive Elvish : LEWEK

√LEWEK root. “worm”

√LEWEK root. “worm”

A root glossed “worm” appearing in etymological notes from the late 1950s or early 1960s serving as the basis for Q. leuca and S. lŷg “snake” (PE17/160), words that also appeared in Appendix E to The Lord of the Rings (LotR/1115). A possible precursor to this root is indicated by “snake” words from the Qenya and Gnomish Lexicons of the 1910s: ᴱQ. lin² (ling-) and G. ling (QL/54; GL/54), probably derived from *ᴱ√LIŊI.

Reference ✧ PE17/160 ✧ “worm”

Derivatives

> Q. leuca “snake” ✧ PE17/160
- ⇒ ᴺQ. !lingwileuca “eel”
> S. leweg “worm” ✧ PE17/160
> S. lŷg “snake” ✧ PE17/160

*ᴱ√LIŊI root. “snake”

See √LEWEK for discussion.

Derivatives

> ᴱ✶slingwé
- > ᴱN. lhiw “worm” ✧ PE13/149
> ᴱQ. lin² “snake”
- ⇒ ᴱQ. ingwil(in) “eel” ✧ QL/43
- ⇒ ᴱQ. lingwe “snake, worm” ✧ QL/54
  - ⇒ ᴱQ. lingwilla “coil, spire” ✧ QL/54
  - ⇒ ᴱQ. lingwin “serpent, dragon” ✧ QL/54
  - ⇒ ᴱQ. ulumpingwe “caterpillar”
> G. ling “small snake”
- ⇒ G. lingos “snake” ✧ GL/54
- ⇒ G. lingwir “dragon” ✧ GL/54
- ⇒ G. sithaling “fly snake, dragonfly”