Fanga

fanga is the Quenya word for "beard".

[edit] Etymology

PQ spangâ, perhaps from even earlier *spanagâ; Root SPÁNAG.^[1]

[edit] Examples

• Andafangar "Longbeards"

[edit] Cognates

• Telerin spanga
• Sindarin fang

[edit] Other version

Earlier names for "beard" were poa.^[2] and vanga^[3][2]

[edit] References

1. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, The Etymologies
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Gnomish Lexicon
3. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part Two