Eldamo : Early Quenya : silt-

ᴱQ. silt- v. “to sift, sort out, winnow” (Category: to Separate)

⚠️ᴱQ. silt-, v. “to sift, sort out, winnow” (Category: to Separate): ᴺQ. ^silta- “to sift, sort out, winnow”

A verb appearing as ᴱQ. silt- “sort out, sift, winnow” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s based on the early root ᴱ√SḶTḶ (QL/84). The verb form silte reappeared in the Early Qenya Grammar (EQG) of the 1920s derived from primitive ᴱ✶sḷt- “sift” (PE14/58).

Neo-Sindarin: I would adapt this verb as ᴺQ. silta- “to sift, sort out, winnow” based on a neo-root ᴺ√SILIT.

References ✧ PE14/58; QL/84

Glosses

“sort out, sift, winnow” ✧ QL/84

Variations

silt- ✧ QL/84

Inflections

salsie	past		✧ PE14/58
salte-	past		✧ QL/84
silte	present	“sift”	✧ PE14/58

Element In

ᴱQ. siltina “sifted, winnowed” ✧ QL/84

Cognates

G. thlid- “to sort out, sift, sieve, discriminate”

Derivations

< ᴱ√SḶTḶ “*sift” ✧ QL/84; QL/84
< ᴱ✶sḷt- “to sift” ✧ PE14/58; PE14/58
- < ᴱ√SḶTḶ “*sift”

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ✶sḷt- > salsie	[sḹtie] > [saltie] > [saltsie] > [salsie]	✧ PE14/58
ᴱ✶sḷt- > silte	[sḷt-] > [silt-]	✧ PE14/58
ᴱ√SḶTḶ > silt-	[sḷt-] > [silt-]	✧ QL/84
ᴱ√SḶTḶ > salte-	[sḹte-] > [salte-]	✧ QL/84