Noldorin
sautha-
verb. to drain
sautha-
verb. to drain
Cognates
- ᴺQ. suhta- “to drain”
Derivations
- ᴹ√SUK “drink, drain” ✧ Ety/SUK
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√SUK > sautha- [sukta-] > [suktʰa-] > [suxθa-] > [soxθa-] > [souθa-] > [sauθa-] ✧ Ety/SUK
A verb appearing as N. sautha- “drain” in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√SUK “drink” (Ety/SUK), probably from primitive ✱sukta- where (a) the u became o before a, (b) the combination okt vocalized to outh and then (c) the ou became au.
Conceptual Development: The verb G. soctha- “give to drink, quench” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s seems to be similarly derived from sokta- based on the early root ᴱ√SOKO “drink” (GL/68), but Gnomish did not have the same kind of vocalizations as later Noldorin and Sindarin.
Neo-Sindarin: There is evidence that in Sindarin of the 1950s and 60s, the vocalization of okt was oith rather than outh so that the result would instead be soitha- > ✱soetha-. However, I prefer to assume the existence of dialectical variations in the Sindarin of the First Age with differing vocalizations, and thus would retain the form sautha- myself.