Q. anga n. “iron” (Category: Iron)
This was the Quenya word for “iron” for much of Tolkien’s life, derived from primitive ✶angā of the same meaning (PM/347).
Conceptual Development: ᴱQ. anga “iron” dates back to the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s (QL/31). In this document it had some competing alternatives: ᴱQ. yere(n) “pig iron” under the early root ᴱ√DYEÐE (QL/105) and {ᴱQ. tongo “iron”} under the early root ᴱ√TOŊO “to hammer” (QL/94), though this second form was deleted. Neither of these alternatives survived in Tolkien’s later writings, and The Etymologies of the 1930s had only ᴹQ. anga “iron” under the root ᴹ√ANGĀ (Ety/ANGĀ). Tolkien stuck with this form thereafter.
References ✧ LotR/1122; PE17/56; PM/347; SA/anga
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| ✶angā > anga | [aŋgā] > [aŋga] | ✧ PM/347 |
ᴹQ. anga n. “iron” (Category: Iron)
References ✧ Ety/ANGĀ; EtyAC/ANGĀ; PE22/21-22, 51
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| ᴹ√ANGĀ > anga | [aŋgā] > [aŋga] | ✧ Ety/ANGĀ |
ᴱQ. anga n. “iron” (Category: Iron)
References ✧ GL/19; LT1/100; LT1A/Angamandi, Tilkal; PE13/159; PE14/107; QL/31, 105
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