√YAG root. “gap”
This root appeared as ᴹ√YAG “yawn, gape” in The Etymologies of the 1930s with derivatives like ᴹQ. yáwe/N. iau “ravine, cleft, gulf” and N. ia “gulf”, the last of these the final element in N. Moria (Ety/YAG). The root √YAG was mentioned several times in Tolkien’s later writings, usually in connection to S. Moria (Let/383; PE17/35, 42). In one place it was given the gloss “gap” (PE17/42).
References ✧ Let/383; PE17/35, 42, 191
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| YA | “*there, over there; (of time) back, ago” | extension | ✧ PE17/42 (yā-) |
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