10.51 to Flee
- S. drega- v. “to flee”
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A verb appearing only in its imperative form: drego “flee” (UT/65). Vyacheslav Stepanov suggested it might be based on the root √REK “recover, get out/away, save from ruin/peril/loss” (PE17/38).
10.52 to Follow
- ᴹQ. hilya- v. “to follow”
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A verb in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “to follow” under the root ᴹ√KHIL of the same basic meaning (Ety/KHIL).
- ᴹQ. neuro n. “follower, successor”
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A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “follower, successor” derived from ᴹ✶ndeuro under the root ᴹ√NDEW “follow, come behind” (Ety/NDEW). The noun was initially written as (deleted) nūro (EtyAC/NDEW).
- S. aphad- v. “to follow”
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A verb in the Quendi and Eldar essay from 1959-60 glossed “follow”, derived from primitive ✶ap-pata “walk behind, on a track or path” (WJ/387), with primitive pp aspirating and then becoming voiceless spirants, with ph pronounced as a long [ff].
Conceptual Development: The Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s had similarly formed G. obra- “follow; succeed” based on G. ob “after” (GL/62), precursor to S. ab “after”.
- S. echil n. “follower”
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A word for “follower” given as one of the names of Men in Silmarillion drafts of the 1950s (WJ/219), likely based on √KHIL “follow”.