Q. velca adj. “large, great, big” (Category: Big, Large, Great)
A rejected Quenya equivalent of S. beleg “large, great, big” given as (crossed through) velka or velke, appearing in notes probably from the late 1960s (PE17/115). This rejection seems to be because Tolkien revised the primitive form to ✶mbelek- so that the Quenya name Q. Melkor could be related instead.
Conceptual Development: The Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s had ᴱQ. velike as equivalent to G. beleg “mighty, great” (GL/22), and the contemporaneous Quenya Lexicon had the stem form Velikĭ- “great” (QL/100). Early Qenya word-lists of the 1920s had velike (velity-) “large” (PE16/137). The Etymologies of the 1930s did not have an Quenya equivalent of N. beleg “great” (Ety/BEL), but it seems these Early Qenya forms were lurking in Tolkien’s mind until he revised the etymology of these words in his later writings, as noted above.
References ✧ PE17/115
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ᴱQ. velike (veliki-) adj. “great, large” (Category: Big, Large, Great)
References ✧ GL/22; LT1A/Haloisi Velikë; PE16/137; QL/100
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| Velikĭ- | stem | “great” | ✧ QL/100 |
| velity- | stem | ✧ PE16/137 |
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