salak

root. *grass

The first iteration of this root was unglossed ᴱ√SḶKḶ 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).

Derivatives

• ᴹ✶salakwē “*grass” ✧ Ety/SALÁK
  • Ilk. salch “grass” ✧ Ety/SALÁK
  • ᴹQ. salqe “grass, grass, [ᴱQ.] long mowing grass” ✧ Ety/SALÁK
  • On. salape “herb, green food plant” ✧ Ety/SALÁK
  • N. salab “herb” ✧ Ety/SALÁK
• ᴺQ. salca “scythe”
• ᴺQ. salca- “to mow, scythe, mow down”
• ᴺS. salch “green cut grass, ensilage”
• ᴺS. salcha- “to scythe or mow”

Variations

• SALÁK ✧ Ety/SALÁK (SALÁK)

salakwē

noun. *grass

Derivations

• ᴹ√SALAK “*grass” ✧ Ety/SALÁK

Derivatives

• Ilk. salch “grass” ✧ Ety/SALÁK
• ᴹQ. salqe “grass, grass, [ᴱQ.] long mowing grass” ✧ Ety/SALÁK
• On. salape “herb, green food plant” ✧ Ety/SALÁK
  • N. salab “herb” ✧ Ety/SALÁK

Variations

• SALÁK-(WĒ) ✧ Ety/SALÁK