Eldamo : Middle Primitive Elvish : RAM

ᴹ√RAM root. “*wing, fly”

ᴹ√RAM root. “*wing, fly”: ᴱ√RAMA “*shout”; ᴱ√VASA “*wing”

An unglossed root in The Etymologies of the 1930s with derivatives like ᴹQ. ráma “wing”, N. rhofal “pinion”, and N. rhenia- “fly, sail” (Ety/RAM). In the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, very similar “wing” words were instead derived from ᴱ√RAHA: ᴱQ. ráma and G. ram (QL/78; GL/64). In Tolkien’s later writings, he continued to use Q. ráma and S. raw for “wing” (PE17/63), indicating the ongoing validity of ᴹ√RAM.

References ✧ Ety/LOK, RAM, RAN

N. rhenio “to stray” cf. RAM ✧ Ety/RAN

Derivatives

> ᴹ✶rāmā “wing” ✧ Ety/RAM
- > ᴹQ. ráma “wing” ✧ Ety/RAM
  - ⇒ ᴹQ. Earráme “Sea-wing” ✧ Ety/RAM
  - ⇒ ᴹQ. rámalóke “winged dragon”
> ᴹ✶rāmalē “pinion, great wing (of an eagle)” ✧ Ety/RAM
- > N. rhofal “pinion, great wing (of an eagle)” ✧ Ety/RAM; Ety/RAM
  - ⇒ N. Lhandroval “Wide-winged” ✧ Ety/RAM
> ᴹ✶ramna “wing (horn), extended point at side” ✧ Ety/RAM
- > N. rhafn “wing (horn), extended point at side” ✧ Ety/RAM
> ᴹ✶ramya- “to fly, sail; to wander” ✧ Ety/RAM
- > N. rhenia-² “to fly, sail” ✧ Ety/RAM
- > ᴺQ. !ramya- “to fly, sail; to wander”
⇒ ᴹQ. rámalóke “winged dragon” ✧ Ety/LOK
> S. raw “wing”
- ⇒ S. roval “winged” ✧ PE17/63
  - ⇒ S. Landroval “Broad Winged” ✧ PE17/63