nestag-

verb. to insert, stick in

A verb in The Etymologies of the 1930s appearing in its Noldorin-style infinitive form nestegi “insert, stick in”, derived from ON. nestak- under the root ᴹ√STAK “split, insert” (Ety/STAK). As such, its unmutated stem would be ✱nestag-. Its initial prefix ne- is derived from ᴹ✶ndē̆- “in, inside” under the (deleted) root ᴹ√NĒ̆ (EtyAC/NĒ̆).

thag-

verb. to split

A neologism for “to split” coined by Gilruin on 2025-08-20 in the Vinyë Lambengolmor Discord Server (VLDS), derived from ᴹ√STAK of similar meaning. It replaced another of his neologisms thaetha-, which is problematic since one of the th should dissimilate from the other.

thaetha-

verb. to split

thanc

split

(adj.) thanc (forked, cleft), pl. thainc

thanc

split

(forked, cleft), pl. thainc

sahta-

verb. to split

mitta-

verb. to insert, to insert; [ᴹQ.] to come in, [ᴱQ.] enter (intr.)

A verb glossed “insert” in notes from the 1950s derived from the root √MI “in” (VT43/30). ᴹQ. mitta- was also glossed “insert” in the Quenya Verbal System (QVS) from 1948 (PE22/110), but in some sentences in the same document it was translated “come in”: ᴹQ. á he mittar “let them come in” and mitt’ā́ “come in!” (PE22/106). In its early appearance in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, ᴱQ. mitta- was glossed “enter (intr.)” and derived from the early root ᴱ√MĪ (QL/61).

Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya, I would assume mitta- can be used intransitively for “enter [= insert oneself]” and transitively for “insert”, with the thing inserted as the direct object and the thing entered in the allative. Hence mittanen latil i fendenna “I inserted a key into the door” but mittanen i fendenna “I entered [inserted myself] into the door”. The use of the allative in these examples is speculative.