N. sigil n. “dagger, knife” (Category: Knife (tool))
A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s, the cognate of ᴹQ. sikil “dagger, knife”, both derived from the root ᴹ√SIK (Ety/SIK).
Conceptual Development: The Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s had G. crî “a knife” (GL/27), perhaps based on the early root ᴱ√KIRISI (QL/47). In Tolkien’s later writings, S. sigil was glossed “necklace” (WJ/258), but there were no later “knife” words. If this conflict bothers you, you might use the neologism ᴺS. cerf for “knife” instead, a cognate of Q. cirma “knife” from 1969.
Reference ✧ Ety/SIK ✧ “dagger, knife”
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| ᴹ√SIK > sigil | [sikil] > [sigil] | ✧ Ety/SIK |
G. crî n. “knife” (Category: Knife (tool))
Reference ✧ GL/27 ✧ “a knife”
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