Eldamo : Early Primitive Elvish : ÞIKI

*ᴱ√ÞIKI root. “*choose”

⚠️*ᴱ√ÞIKI root. “*choose”

A hypothetical root explaining words in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s such G. thaig “choice” and G. thig- “pick out, select, choose” (GL/72). There are no signs of this root in Tolkien’s later writing.

Derivatives

> G. thaig “choice”
- ⇒ G. thaigra “choice, select, elegant” ✧ GL/72
> G. thig- “to pick out, select, choose”
> G. thinc “a pick, a choice; a bunch, posy”