Eldamo : Middle Quenya : sinta-

ᴹQ. sinta- [þ] v. (weak-verb) “to fade, *(lit.) become grey” (Category: to Fade)

ᴹQ. sinta- [þ], v. (weak-verb) “to fade, *(lit.) become grey” (Category: to Fade)

A verb in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “fade” derived from the root ᴹ√THIN having to do with grey things (Ety/THIN), so perhaps more literally “*become grey”.

Conceptual Development: In this same document the root ᴹ√WIN/WIN(I)D “pale blue, blue grey” had a similar verb {vinta- >>} vinda- “fade”, but this root and its derivatives were rejected (Ety/WIN; EtyAC/WIN).

References ✧ Ety/THIN

Glosses

“fade” ✧ Ety/THIN

Variations

sinta- ✧ Ety/THIN

Inflections

sintane

past

✧ Ety/THIN

Cognates

N. thinna- “to fade, *(lit.) become grey” ✧ Ety/THIN
ON. thintha- “to fade” ✧ Ety/THIN

Derivations

< ᴹ√THIN “*grey” ✧ Ety/THIN

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√THIN > sinta-

[tʰinta-] > [θinta-] > [sinta-]

✧ Ety/THIN

ᴹQ. vinda- v. (ta-formative) “to fade” (Category: to Fade)

See ᴹQ. sinta- for discussion.

References ✧ Ety/WIN; EtyAC/WIN