salab

noun. herb

salab

noun. herb

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “herb” derived from ᴹ✶SALÁK-(WĒ) (Ety/SALÁK). Its Noldorin plural was seleb, but if adapted into Sindarin its plural would be ✱selaib.

Cognates

• ᴹQ. salqe “grass, grass, [ᴱQ.] long mowing grass” ✧ Ety/SALÁK

Derivations

• On. salape “herb, green food plant” ✧ Ety/SALÁK
  • ᴹ✶salakwē “*grass” ✧ Ety/SALÁK
  • ᴹ√SALAK “*grass” ✧ Ety/SALÁK

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
On. salape > salab	[salape] > [salap] > [salab]	✧ Ety/SALÁK
On. salape > seleb	[salapi] > [selepi] > [seleip] > [seleib] > [seleb]	✧ Ety/SALÁK