Eldamo : Sindarin : estent

S. estent adj. “short” (Category: Short)

S. estent, adj. “short” (Category: Short)

The word estent was a longer form of thent “short” < ✶stentā (PE17/141; WJ/311), where the initial s became syllabic and developed into es-. In one place it had a variant esten as part of a paradigm where the word for “short” was thenn (PE17/185); see the entry on S. thent for discussion.

References ✧ PE17/141, 185; WJ/311

Glosses

“short” ✧ PE17/185 (esten)

Variations

estent ✧ PE17/141; WJ/311
esten ✧ PE17/185

estent [is a variant of] thent ✧ WJ/311

Derivations

< √STEN “cut short, limit, confine, cramp” ✧ PE17/185
< ✶stentā “short” ✧ PE17/141
- < √STEN “cut short, limit, confine, cramp” ✧ PE17/185

Phonetic Developments

✶stentā > estent	[ṣtentā] > [ṣtenta] > [estenta] > [estentʰa] > [estenθa] > [estenθ] > [estent]	✧ PE17/141
√STEN > esten	[ṣtenna] > [estenna] > [estenn] > [esten]	✧ PE17/185