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ᴹ√KHYAR root. “left hand”

ᴹ√KHYAR root. “left hand”
khyar “*before, in front of place”
ᴹ√KURUM “*left”
‽ᴱ√LEKE “*slow; left”

A root given as {ᴹ√KHAR >>} ᴹ√KHYAR “left hand” in The Etymologies of the 1930s, associated with ᴹQ. hyarmen/N. harad “south” (Ety/KHYAR). These words for “south” reappeared in The Lord of the Rings (LotR/1115), and the connection between “south” and “left” was reaffirmed in Tolkien’s discussion of the Ambidexters Sentence from the late 1960s, since the Elves aligned the cardinal directions by facing west towards Aman (VT49/6-8).

References ✧ Ety/KHYAR, MEN, PHOR

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