PIK is a Primitive Quendian root without any given signification, except for what can be determined from its derivatives.[1]
Before arriving at the form PIK, Tolkien experimented with the form PEK.[2]
Derivatives
- Old Noldorin: pika ("small spot, dot")[1]
- Old Noldorin: pikina ("tiny")[1]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", p. 382 (root appearing as "PIK-")
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Addenda and Corrigenda to the Etymologies — Part Two" (edited by Carl F. Hostetter and Patrick H. Wynne), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 46, July 2004, p. 10 (root appearing as "PEK-")