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Gnomish

brann

noun. dwelling, hall

Changes

  • u̯rand → brand ✧ GL/38

Derivations

Element in

  • G. Gilthavran “Hall of the Moon King” ✧ GL/38; GL/38 (Gilthauran)
  • G. -vran “dwelling” ✧ GL/24

Variations

  • brand ✧ GL/38
  • u̯rand ✧ GL/38 (u̯rand)
Gnomish [GL/24; GL/38] Group: Eldamo. Published by

-vran

suffix. dwelling

A suffixal form of G. brann (GL/24); see S. barthan for discussion.

Cognates

Variations

  • -vron ✧ GL/24

annuir

adjective. lofty

dara

adjective. lofty

Cognates

  • Eq. tára “lofty, high, tall” ✧ LT1A/Qalmë-Tári

Derivations

  • ᴱ√DAHA “*high” ✧ LT1A/Qalmë-Tári

Element in

  • G. daroth “summit, peak” ✧ GL/29; LT1A/Qalmë-Tári
Gnomish [GL/29; LT1A/Qalmë-Tári] Group: Eldamo. Published by

annor(in)

adjective. lofty

Changes

  • andor → annor ✧ GL/19

Derivations

Variations

  • annor ✧ GL/19
  • annorin ✧ GL/19
  • andor ✧ GL/19 (andor)
  • annuir ✧ PE13/110
Gnomish [GL/19; PE13/110] Group: Eldamo. Published by

-vron

suffix. dwelling

grum

adjective. fierce

Derivations

  • ᴱ√RUYU “*fierce”

Variations

  • gruim ✧ GL/42

gruim

adjective. fierce

gwast

noun. dwelling

A noun for “dwelling” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s derived from the early root ᴱ√[[ep|ŋwa[ð]-]] (GL/47).

Derivations

  • ᴱ√ŊWAÐA “tarry, linger” ✧ GL/47

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√ŋwa- > gwast[ŋʷaðt] > [ŋgʷaðt] > [gʷaðt] > [gʷaðt]✧ GL/47