Eldamo : Neo-Quenya : sahta-

ᴺQ. [ᴱQ.] sahta- [þ] v. “to split” (Category: to Split)

ᴺQ. [ᴱQ.] sahta- [þ], v. “to split” (Category: to Split)

See ᴱQ. sahta-² for discussion.

sahta- “to split” vs. Q. sahta- “to induce”

Cognates

ᴺS. !thaetha- “to split”

Derivations

< ᴹ√STAK “split, insert”

ᴱQ. sahta-² v. “to split” (Category: to Split)

A verb appearing as ᴱQ. sahta- “to split” in Early Qenya Phonology of the 1920s derived from primitive ᴱ✶stak+ta- (PE14/66).

Neo-Quenya: Since the root ᴹ√STAK “split, insert” survives in Tolkien’s later writings, I think ᴺQ. sahta- “to split” can be retained for purposes of Neo-Quenya. It does conflicted with the later verb Q. sahta- “induce” from the 1950s, but I think the two can coexist.

Reference ✧ PE14/66 ✧ sahta “to split”

Derivations

< ᴱ✶stakta- “to split” ✧ PE14/66 (stak+ta)
- < ᴱ√TAKA “fix, fasten, stick” ✧ PE14/66 (tak-)

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ✶stak+ta > sahta

[stakta-] > [θakta-] > [sakta-] > [saxta-]

✧ PE14/66