ᴹ√TUG root. “*muscle”
An unglossed root in The Etymologies of the 1930s with derivatives like ᴹQ. tuo/N. tû “muscle, sinew; vigour, physical strength” and ᴹQ. tunga/N. tong “taut, tight (of strings, resonant)” (Ety/TUG). It was also the basis for the name N. Tuor “strength-vigour”, the only place where this name was given a clear etymology, though later Tolkien decided this name was actually from the language of the Edain (PM/348, 364 note #49).
References ✧ Ety/GOR, TUG
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