Eldamo : Early Primitive Elvish : IKI

?ᴱ√IKI root.

⚠️?ᴱ√IKI root.: √GWAL “be stirred, excited; emotion, movement of feelings”

A hypothetical root to explain words in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s such as G. ictha- “excite, agitate” and G. igin “excited, agitated” (GL/50). There are no signs of this root in Tolkien’s later writing, and it was likely replaced by later roots such as √GWAL.

Derivatives

> G. ictha- “to egg on, excite, arouse, agitate”
> G. ig “excitement, fuss, ado”
- ⇒ G. igin “excited, agitated” ✧ GL/50
- ⇒ G. igol “exciting; excitable” ✧ GL/50