Q. nehtë¹ n. “spearhead, gore, wedge, narrow promontory; angle” (Category: Angle, Corner)
A word given as Q. {nakte >>} nehte or nekke, the equivalent of S. naith “angle”, all based on the root √NEK as described in Words, Phrases and Passages from the Lord of the Rings (WPP) from the late 1950s or early 1960s (PE17/55). In late notes associated with the “Disaster at Gladden Fields” Tolkien again derived Q. nehte from √nek “narrow”, saying it applied to “any formation or projection tapering to a point” and could thus be used for “spearhead, gore, wedge, narrow promontory” (UT/282).
Conceptual Development: The Etymologies of the 1930s had ᴹQ. nasta “spear-head, spear-point, gore, triangle” under from the root ᴹ√SNAS, that in this document was also the basis for N. naith “gore” (Ety/SNAS; EtyAC/SNAS). There was another word of similar meaning in the Quenya Verbal System (QVS) of 1948: ᴹQ. enke “spear point” based on the root ᴹ√EK, but the page where this word appeared was marked through (PE22/127 note #152).
References ✧ PE17/55; UT/282
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| ✶nek-tē > nehte | [nektē] > [nextē] > [nexte] | ✧ PE17/55 |
| ✶nekte > nehte | [nekte] > [nexte] | ✧ PE17/55 |
| √nek > nehte | [nekte] > [nexte] | ✧ UT/282 |
ᴹQ. enke n. “spear point” (Category: Spear)
Reference ✧ PE22/127 ✧ “spear point”
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| ᴹ√EK > enke | [eŋke] | ✧ PE22/127 |
ᴹQ. nasta n. “spear-head, spear-point, gore, triangle” (Category: Spear)
References ✧ Ety/SNAS; EtyAC/SNAS/SNAT
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| ᴹ√SNAT > nasta | [snasta] > [n̥asta] > [nasta] | ✧ Ety/SNAS |