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Q. quáco n. “crow” (Category: Crow, Raven)

⚠️Q. quáco, n. “crow” (Category: Crow, Raven): ᴹQ. corco “crow”; Q. quácë “frog”

A word in the Quendi and Eldar essay from 1959-60 for “crow”, derived from primitive ✶k(a)wāk (WJ/395). In notes from the late 1960s Tolkien instead had Q. {koake >>} quácë “frog” < ✶kāwāk, with primitive ✶kā for “crow” (VT47/36).

See ᴹQ. korko for a discussion of earlier forms.

Reference ✧ WJ/395 ✧ quáko “crow”

quáco “crow” may replace ᴹQ. korko “crow”

Derivations

< ✶kawāk “crow” ✧ WJ/395 (k(a)wāk)
- < *√KAWAK “*caw, croak”

Phonetic Developments

✶k(a)wāk > quáko

[kwāko]

✧ WJ/395