Q. rocco n. “horse” (Category: Horse (generic))
The usual word for “horse” in Quenya, a derivative of ✶rokkō (Let/282, 382; WJ/407) and very well attested. There are indications that this word was more specifically a “swift horse” (Let/382; EtyAC/ROK), but in most cases Tolkien used it generically.
Conceptual Development: ᴹQ. rokko “horse” first appeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√ROK, already with the derivation given above (Ety/ROK). The relevant entry appeared twice; in one rokko was first written as rokka “wheel”, and in the other the form was first written ronko, but in both cases Tolkien revised the word to rokko “horse”.
References ✧ Let/178, 282, 382; PE17/168; PE21/78; PE22/166; SA/roch; VT49/29; WJ/407
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Inflections
| rokkor | plural | “horses” | ✧ PE21/78; PE22/166 |
Element In
Cognates
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
| ✶rokkō > rocco | [rokkō] > [rokko] | ✧ Let/282 |
| ✶rokkō > rokko | [rokkō] > [rokko] | ✧ Let/382 |
| ✶roko > rokko | [rokko] | ✧ WJ/407 |
ᴹQ. rokko n. “(swift) horse” (Category: Horse (generic))
References ✧ Ety/ROK; EtyAC/ROK; PE22/127
Glosses
Variations
Changes
Cognates
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
| ᴹ√ROK > rokko | [rokko] | ✧ Ety/ROK |
| ᴹ✶rokkō > rokko | [rokkō] > [rokko] | ✧ EtyAC/ROK |
| ᴹ√ROKO > rokko | [rokko] | ✧ PE22/127 |