kelu

verb. well forth, begin to flow

kelu-

verb. to well up, flow (out swiftly), well forth

Derivations

• √KEL “flow (down or away), run (of water or rivers), go away, flow (down or away), run (of water or rivers), go away, [ᴹ√] run away especially downwards or at end; [ᴱ√] ooze, trickle” ✧ PE18/086; PE22/133

Element in

• ✶kelutā- “to cause to spring forth, start (water) flowing, tap” ✧ PE22/135
• Q. celussë “freshnet, water falling out swiftly from a rocky spring” ✧ UTI/Celos
• S. Celos ✧ UTI/Celos

Variations

• kel¹-u ✧ PE18/086
• KELU ✧ PE18/086 (KELU)
• kelu ✧ PE22/133; PE22/135

sir

root. flow

The root √SIR and similar roots meant “flow” for most of Tolkien’s life. The earliest form of this root was ᴱ√SIŘI [SIÐI] “flow” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with variant sini and derived forms like ᴱQ. sindi “river” and ᴱQ. síre “stream” (QL/84). The latter word became “river” in Tolkien’s later writings, and words appearing in the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon like G. sîr “river” and G. siriol “flowing” (GL/67-68) rather than ✱✱sidh- indicate Tolkien very early revised the root to ✱ᴱ√SIRI. Indeed, the root was ᴹ√SIR “flow” in The Etymologies of the 1930s, and the root appeared with this form and essential meaning several times in Tolkien’s later writings (PE22/127, 135).

Derivatives

• ✶siru-
• ✶sīru “stream”
• ✶sirya- “to flow, to flow [smoothly]” ✧ PE22/135
  • Q. sirya- “to flow, to flow [smoothly]”
• Q. sír(ë) “river, river, [ᴱQ.] stream”
• S. sîr “river, stream” ✧ SA/sîr
• ᴺS. siriol “flowing, fluent, liquid, melliflous”

Element in

• ᴺS. ethiria- “to flow out”
• S. sirith “flowing” ✧ SA/sîr

Variations

• sir- ✧ SA/sîr

sīru

noun. stream

Derivations

• √SIR “flow”

Variations

• sīrŭ ✧ PE21/80

sirya-

verb. to flow, to flow [smoothly]

Derivations

• √SIR “flow” ✧ PE22/135

Derivatives

• Q. sirya- “to flow, to flow [smoothly]”

Variations

• sirja- ✧ PE22/134
• sirja ✧ PE22/134; PE22/135