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==Etymology==
 
==Etymology==
 
*[[Sundocarme|Root]] (G)LAN ("rim, border, boundary, limit")<ref name=VT/>
 
*[[Sundocarme|Root]] (G)LAN ("rim, border, boundary, limit")<ref name=VT/>
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==Cognates==
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*[[Quenya]] ''[[lanka]]''
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*[[Sindarin]] ''[[lanc]]''
 
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[[Category:Telerin nouns]]
 
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lanca is a Telerin word meaning "sharp edge (not of tools), sudden end, as in e.g. a cliff-edge, or the clean edge of things made by hand or built".[1]

Etymology

  • Root (G)LAN ("rim, border, boundary, limit")[1]

Cognates

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, "The Rivers and Beacon-hills of Gondor" (edited by Carl F. Hostetter), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 42, July 2001, p. 8
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