Eldamo : Neo-Primitive Elvish : BELU

[ᴱ]^ᴺ√BELU root. “unroll”

[ᴱ]^ᴺ√BELU root. “unroll”

See ᴱ√VELU for discussion.

^BELU “unroll” vs. ᴹ√PAT “*open”

Derivatives

> ᴺQ. velu- “to unroll, unfurl”
- ⇒ ᴺQ. velupantië “revelation”
> ᴺQ. veluntë “sail”
> ᴺS. ^belen “expanded, unrolled, unfurled, set (of sails)”
> ᴺS. belon “[G.] sail”
> ᴺS. beltha- “to open out (transitive), expand, unroll, set sail”

ᴱ√VELU root. “unroll”

This root appeared as ᴱ√VELU “unroll” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with derivatives like ᴱQ. velunte “sail” and ᴱQ. velupantie “revelation” (QL/100). It had several Gnomish derivatives of similar meaning (GL/22), all beginning with “b” since initial voiced spirants became stops in Gnomish.

Neo-Eldarin: I think it is worth positing a Neo-Root ᴺ√BELU to salvage these early words. However, in The Etymologies from the 1930s, Tolkien glossed the Quenya verb ᴹQ. panta- as “to unfurl, spread out, open”, so it is possible the sense “unfurl” moved to the root ᴹ√PAT (unglossed), though most of this root’s other derivatives are closer in sense to “open” (Ety/PAT).

Reference ✧ QL/100 ✧ “unroll”

Derivatives

> ᴱQ. velu- “to unroll, unfurl” ✧ QL/100
> ᴱQ. velunte “sail” ✧ QL/100
⇒ ᴱQ. velupantie “revelation” ✧ QL/100
> G. belu- “to unroll, unfurl (intransitively), belly (of sails), swell”
- ⇒ G. belin “expanded, unrolled, unfurled, set (of sails)” ✧ GL/22
  - ⇒ G. gwerb(e)lin “top, whirligig, *(lit.) wind-unwind” ✧ GL/46
- ⇒ G. belon “sail” ✧ GL/22
- ⇒ G. beltha- “to open out (transitive), expand, unroll, set sail” ✧ GL/22