Eldamo : Early Primitive Elvish : SḶTḶ

ᴱ√SḶTḶ root. “*sift”

⚠️ᴱ√SḶTḶ root. “*sift”: ^ᴺ√SILIT “sift”

The unglossed root ᴱ√SḶTḶ appeared in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with derivatives like ᴱQ. silt- “sift, sort out, winnow” and ᴱQ. silta “sieve” (QL/84). Gnomish words G. thlid “sieve” and G. thlid- “to sort out, sift, sieve, discriminate” from contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon are clearly related, and the archaic past form salti (later thlinti) confirms the root was actually ᴱ√SḶTḶ (GL/73). A last hint of this root can be seen in ᴱQ. silte “sift” < ᴱ✶sḷt- with past salsie, a verb form appearing in the Early Qenya Grammar of the 1920s (PE14/58).

Neo-Eldarin: I think it is worth positing a Neo-Root ᴺ√SILIT “sift” to salvage some of these early words.

Reference ✧ QL/84

ᴱQ. sal- “?to remain or remove” [per editors, possibly related to] SḶTḶ “*sift”

Derivatives

> ᴱ✶sḷt- “to sift”
- > ᴱQ. silt- “to sift, sort out, winnow” ✧ PE14/58; PE14/58
  - ⇒ [see above]
- > G. thlid- “to sort out, sift, sieve, discriminate”
> ᴱQ. silt- “to sift, sort out, winnow” ✧ QL/84; QL/84
- ⇒ ᴱQ. siltina “winnowed” ✧ QL/84
> ᴱQ. silta “sieve” ✧ QL/84
> G. thlid “sieve”
> ᴺQ. !salta- “to strain, winnow”
- ⇒ ᴺQ. !saltama “winnowing-fork”