Eldamo : Neo-Quenya : hesta-

ᴺQ. [ᴱQ.] hesta- v. “to wither” (Category: to Spoil)

ᴺQ. [ᴱQ.] hesta-, v. “to wither” (Category: to Spoil): ᴱQ. narqua- “to wither”

See ᴱQ. hessa for discussion.

Derivations

< ^ᴺ√KHES “wither”

ᴱQ. hesta- v. “to wither” (Category: to Spoil)

A verb appearing as ᴱQ. hesta- “wither” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√HESE of the same meaning (QL/40).

Neo-Quenya: I would retain ᴺQ. hesta- “to wither” for purposes of Neo-Quenya derived from the Neo-Root ᴺ√KHES. There is also Q. hwirya- “wither” from the 1950s.

References ✧ LT1A/Heskil; QL/40

Glosses

“wither” ✧ LT1A/Heskil; QL/40

Derivations

< ᴱ√HESE² “wither” ✧ LT1A/Heskil; QL/40

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√HESE > hesta-

[xesta-] > [hesta-]

✧ QL/40