sow
root. wash, *bath
red
root. scatter, sow
swal
root. wash
A root meaning “wash” appearing in Eldarin Pronouns, Demonstratives, and Correlatives (EP1) from the early 1950s (PE23/122). Compare with ᴱ√SOVO “wash” from the 1910s, and ᴹ√POY “✱clean” from the 1930s.
Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Eldarin, I would use this root as the basis for “wash” as a verb, but retain ᴱ√SOVO >> Neo-Root ᴺ√SOW as the basis for “bath” nouns.
kiris
root. cleave, cleave, [ᴹ√] cut, [ᴱ√] split
rhedh-
verb. to sow
A verb in The Etymologies of the 1930s appearing in its Noldorin-style infinitive form N. rheði “to sow” under the root ᴹ√RED “scatter, sow” (Ety/RED).
Neo-Sindarin: Since initial r unvoiced to rh in Noldorin of the 1930s but not in Sindarin of the 1950s and 60s, most Neo-Sindarin writers adapt this word as ᴺS. redh- “to sow”, as suggested in HSD (HSD).
rhedh-
verb. to sow
rer-
verb. to sow
#rer- vb. "to sow" (1st pers. aorist rerin "I sow"), pa.t. rendë (RED)
sarrer-
verb. to do something useless or futile, to waste effort, (lit.) sow stone
rel-
verb. to sow
hyar-
verb. cleave
#hyar- vb. "cleave" (1st pers. aorist hyarin "I cleave") (SYAD). Pa.t. probably *hyandë since the R of hyar- was originally D; cf. rer- "sow", pa.t. rendë, from the root RED.
hyar-
verb. cleave
sovo-
verb. wash
sovo- vb. "wash" (read perhaps #sov- if the verb is to be adapted to LotR-style Quenya, since Tolkiens later versions of the language do not seem to have o-stem verbs), pa.t. sóvë (QL:86)
vinta-
scatter
*vinta- (1) vb, later pronunctiation of winta- "scatter", q.v.
winta-
verb. scatter, blow about
winta- vb. "scatter, blow about" (both transitive and intransitive) (PM:376)
redh-
verb. to sow
redh
sow
redh- (i rêdh, idh redhir), pa.t. rend
redh
sow
(i rêdh, idh redhir), pa.t. rend
redh-
verb. to sow
iôl
noun. wash, flood-water
iôl
wash
(noun, flood-water) iôl (pl. ŷl) (VT48:33, RC:334)
iôl
wash
(pl. ŷl) (VT48:33, RC:334)
Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!
oro
root. *sow
sovo
root. wash
A root in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with variants ᴱ√SOVO and ᴱ√SOW̯O glossed “wash”, having derivatives like ᴱQ. sovo- “wash” and ᴱQ. saune “bath” (QL/85), the latter a result of the Early Qenya sound change whereby [[eq|[ei], [ou] became [ai], [au]]] (in later Quenya phonology, these generally became [ī], [ū]). In the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon, the primitive form was given as soƀ with derivatives like G. sô- “wash clean, bathe” and G. sôn “pure, clean” from primitive ᴱ✶sou̯na (GL/68). This last primitive form reappeared in Early Noldorin Word-lists from the 1920s where it had derivatives like ᴱQ. sauna “clean” and ᴱN. hûn “polished, burnished, shining” (PE13/148).
Neo-Eldarin: I think it is worth positing an Neo-Root ᴺ√SOW “wash, ✱bath” (and verbal variant ᴺ√SOB “✱bathe”) to salvage various early nouns having to do with baths, but would use the later root √SWAL for the verb “wash”.
fasa Speculative
root. wash
A hypothetical early root to explain words in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s such as G. fas- “wash” and G. fôs “bath” (GL/34). It seems to have at least one Qenya derivative as well in the 1910s-name: ᴱQ. Faskala-númen “Bath of the Setting Sun” (LT1/187). There are no signs of this root in Tolkien’s later writing.
rer-
verb. to sow
A verb appearing as 1st sg. ᴹQ. rerin “I sow” with past tense rende in The Etymologies of the 1930s, derived from the root ᴹ√RED “scatter, sow” (Ety/RED). Here the ancient d became r as it usually did after vowels.
Neo-Quenya: In both Outline of Phonetic Development (OP1) from the 1940s and Outline of Phonology (OP2) from the 1950s, Tolkien indicated that when medial d followed an r, it could dissimilate to l rather that following its usual development to r (PE19/32, PE19/70). In OP2 he gave the verb Q. ral- < √RAD as an example (PE19/99). Thus it is possible that ᴹQ. rer- should be revised to ᴺQ. rel- “to sow” to fit this rule, as suggested by Elaran. However, since Tolkien had this rule in the 1930s but still had ᴹQ. rer- in The Etymologies, I prefer to think the dissimilation of medial d to l was a sporadic change, and would therefore retain rer- for purposes of Neo-Quenya.
Conceptual Development: The Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s had ᴱQ. orya- “sow” in the Qenya Lexicon under the early root ᴱ√ORO (QL/70).
graus
noun. sow, *female pig
A noun for “a sow” (female pig) in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s of unclear derivation (GL/42).
orya-
verb. to sow
red
root. scatter, sow
kir
root. cleave
This root first appeared as ᴹ√RED “scatter, sow” in The Etymologies of the 1930s along with augmented variant ᴹ√ERÉD and derivatives like ᴹQ. erde/N. eredh “seed, germ” and ᴹQ. resta/N. rîdh “sown field, acre” (Ety/ERÉD, RED). √RED appeared again in the Outline of Phonology (OP2) from the early 1950s with the same gloss “scatter, sow” and derivatives Q. resta/S. rîdh “sown field” (PE19/91). The Quenya word resta reappeared in the 1964 phrase Q. nai elen siluva parma-restalyanna meldonya “✱may a star shine upon your book-fair, my friend” (VT49/38), which might indicate the ongoing validity of this root, but it is also quite possible that resta “✱fair” has a completely different etymology.