Eldamo : Middle Primitive Elvish : SALAK

#ᴹ√SALAK root. “*grass”

#ᴹ√SALAK root. “*grass”

The first iteration of this root was unglossed ᴱ√SḶKḶ¹ in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with derivatives like ᴱQ. salki “grass” and ᴱQ. silki- “mow, scythe, mow down” (QL/84). It also had derivatives in the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon such as G. salc “green cut grass, ensilage” and G. salca- “to scythe or mow” (GL/66). The root reappeared as extended ᴹ√SALÁK-(WĒ) in The Etymologies of the 1930s with derivatives like ᴹQ. salqe “grass” and N. salab “herb” (Ety/SALÁK).

Reference ✧ Ety/SALÁK ✧ #SALÁK

Derivatives

> ᴹ✶salakwē “*grass” ✧ Ety/SALÁK
- > Ilk. salch “grass” ✧ Ety/SALÁK
- > ᴹQ. salqe “grass” ✧ Ety/SALÁK
  - ⇒ 4 compounds
- > ON. salape “herb, green food plant” ✧ Ety/SALÁK
  - > N. salab “herb” ✧ Ety/SALÁK; Ety/SALÁK
> ᴺQ. salca “scythe”
> ᴺQ. ^salca- “to mow, scythe, mow down”
- ⇒ ᴺQ. ^salcessë “harvest [product], *produce”
- ⇒ ᴺQ. ^salcima “ready for cutting, *harvestable”
> ᴺS. ^salch “green cut grass, ensilage”
> ᴺS. ^salcha- “to scythe or mow”

ᴱ√SḶKḶ¹ root. “*grass, mow”

See #ᴹ√SALAK for discussion.

Reference ✧ QL/84

SḶKḶ¹ probably identical to SḶKḶ² ✧ QL/84

Derivatives

> ᴱN. halb “grass, long mowing grass”
> ᴱQ. salka “scythe” ✧ QL/84
> ᴱQ. salki “grass” ✧ QL/84
- ⇒ ᴱQ. Andesalke “Africa, (lit.) Long-grass” ✧ QL/31
- ⇒ ᴱQ. Salkinóre “Africa, *(lit.) Grass Land” ✧ QL/84
> ᴱQ. salqe “grass, long mowing grass”
> ᴱQ. silki- “to mow, scythe, mow down” ✧ QL/84; QL/84
- ⇒ ᴱQ. silkesse “harvest” ✧ QL/84
- ⇒ ᴱQ. silkima “ready for cutting” ✧ QL/84
> G. salc “green cut grass, ensilage”
> G. salca- “to scythe or mow”