Eldamo : Primitive Elvish : YESET

[ᴹ]*√YESET root. “beginning”

[ᴹ]*√YESET root. “beginning”: ᴱ√AFA “open, begin”

The root ᴹ√ESE(T) “precede” and ᴹ√SET “precede forward” appeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s with derivatives like ᴹQ. esse “beginning”, ᴹQ. esta “first”, and N. seth {“first” >>} “forth”, but the ᴹ√SET forms were rejected and the ᴹ√ESE(T) forms marked with a “?”, being in conflict with ᴹ√ES “indicate, name” (Ety/ESE; EtyAC/SET). The appearance of Q. yesta “beginning” and Q. Yestarë “first day of the year” in later writings (LotR/1108-1109; PE17/120) indicate the root was probably revised to *√YESET.

Derivatives

> ᴺQ. !yessë “beginning”
> ᴺQ. !yesta- “to begin”
- ⇒ ᴺQ. !yestië “beginning”
> ᴺS. !iesta-¹ “to begin”
⇒ ᴺS. !iestor “first day of the new year”
> Q. yesta “beginning”
- ⇒ Q. Yestarë “first day of the year” ✧ PE17/120

ᴹ√ESE(T) root. “precede (forward)”

See *√YESET for discussion.

References ✧ Ety/ESE; EtyAC/SET

Glosses

“precede” ✧ Ety/ESE (ESE/ESET)
“precede forward” ✧ EtyAC/SET (SET)

Variations

ESE/ESET ✧ Ety/ESE
SET ✧ EtyAC/SET

ESE(T) “precede (forward)” perhaps replaced EDE(L) “precede, come forward, hence”

Derivatives

> ᴹ✶settā “first” ✧ EtyAC/SET
- > ᴹQ. essea¹ “?primary” ✧ EtyAC/SET
- > N. seth “first, forth” ✧ EtyAC/SET
  - ⇒ N. Sethnoss “Firstborn, Elves” ✧ EtyAC/SET; EtyAC/SET
> ᴹQ. esse² “beginning” ✧ Ety/ESE
- ⇒ ᴹQ. essea¹ “?primary” ✧ Ety/ESE
- ⇒ ᴹQ. Esselda “*First-elf”
> ᴹQ. esta² “first” ✧ Ety/ESE; EtyAC/SET
- ⇒ ᴹQ. Estanosse “Firstborn” ✧ Ety/ESE; EtyAC/SET
> ᴹQ. esta-³ “to precede” ✧ EtyAC/SET