√SIR root. “flow”
The root √SIR and similar roots meant “flow” for most of Tolkien’s life. The earliest form of this root was ᴱ√SIŘI [SIÐI] “flow” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with variant sini and derived forms like ᴱQ. sindi “river” and ᴱQ. síre “stream” (QL/84). The latter word became “river” in Tolkien’s later writings, and words appearing in the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon like G. sîr “river” and G. siriol “flowing” (GL/67-68) rather than **sidh- indicate Tolkien very early revised the root to *ᴱ√SIRI. Indeed, the root was ᴹ√SIR “flow” in The Etymologies of the 1930s, and the root appeared with this form and essential meaning several times in Tolkien’s later writings (PE22/127, 135).
References ✧ PE22/135; SA/sîr
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ᴹ√SIR root. “flow”
References ✧ Ety/ET, SIR; PE22/127
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ᴱ√SIÐI root. “flow”
References ✧ LT1A/Sirion; QL/84
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