Eldamo : Gnomish : sô-

G. sô- v. “to wash clean, bathe” (Category: to Wash)

⚠️G. sô-, v. “to wash clean, bathe” (Category: to Wash): ᴺS. ^sov- “to wash clean, bathe”

A verb in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s appearing as G. {sûtha- >> sû- “wash clean” and sôtha- “bathe (tr. & intr.)” >>} sô- “wash clean, bathe (tr. & intr.)”, all based on the early root ᴱ√soƀ (GL/68). Likely the long ô is the result of the sound change whereby ou became ō as was usual in Gnomish of the 1910s.

Neo-Sindarin: In later Sindarin ancient ou became ū which produces problematic verb forms, so I would instead adapt this verb as ᴺS. sov- “to wash clean, bathe” as a cognate to ᴺQ. sov- “*to bathe”. See also ᴺS. hwal- “to wash”.

References ✧ GL/68; LT2A/Tôn a Gwedrin

Glosses

“bathe (tr. and intr.)” ✧ GL/68 (sôtha-)
“wash clean” ✧ GL/68 (sû-)
“wash clean, bathe (tr. and intr.)” ✧ GL/68
“wash, clean, bathe” ✧ LT2A/Tôn a Gwedrin

Variations

sô- ✧ GL/68; LT2A/Tôn a Gwedrin
sôtha- ✧ GL/68
sû- ✧ GL/68
sûtha- ✧ GL/68

sû- “wash clean” cp. sôn ✧ GL/68

Changes

sôtha- “bathe (tr. and intr.)” >> sô- “wash clean, bathe (tr. and intr.)” ✧ GL/68
sûtha- >> sû- “wash clean” ✧ GL/68

Inflections

sôthi	past	✧ GL/68
sûthi	past	✧ GL/68
sûthi	past	✧ GL/68
sûvi	past	✧ GL/68
†sûvi	past	✧ GL/68

Cognates

ᴱQ. sovo- “to wash”

Derivations

< ᴱ√SOVO “wash” ✧ GL/68 (soƀ); GL/68 (soƀ)