Eldamo : Sindarin : ach¹

S. ach¹ n. “neck” (Category: Neck)

S. ach¹, n. “neck, *(upper) spine” (Category: Neck): ᴺS. !ach “bone”; G. gath¹ “neck”

A word for “neck” appearing in notes written around 1967, derived from primitive aks based on the root √AKAS “neck, ridge” (PE17/92), where the ks became ch (IPA [x]). Tolkien specified that it was “referring properly only to the vertebrae (the bony part of the neck not including throat)”, so a more accurate translation might be “*(upper) spine”. A more ordinary word for “neck” as a passage from mouth to the stomach and lungs would be lang.

Reference ✧ PE17/92 ✧ ach “neck”

N. iaeth “neck” vs. ach¹ “neck”
lang “passage; neck” vs. ach¹ “neck”

Element In

S. Anach “?Long Neck”
S. achad “rock ridge, neck (geographically)” ✧ PE17/92

Cognates

Q. axë “neck (vertebrae), rock ridge” ✧ PE17/92 (akse)

Derivations

< √AKAS “neck, ridge” ✧ PE17/92
- < aks < AKAS ✧ PE17/92

Phonetic Developments

√AKAS > aks > ach

[akse] > [axxe] > [axx] > [ax]

✧ PE17/92