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Gnomish

go-

prefix. son of

Changes

  • go-bo- ✧ LT2/051
  • go-bo- ✧ LT2/119
  • go-bo- “son of” ✧ LT2A/bo

Cognates

  • Eq. yondo “son, male descendant, (great) grandson” ✧ GL/40; GL/41

Derivations

Element in

Variations

  • go- ✧ GL/40 (go-); GL/41 (go-); LT2/051 (go-); LT2/119 (go-); LT2A/go; LT2I/go-
  • gon ✧ GL/40 (gon); GL/41 (gon)
  • gon- ✧ LT2A/go
Gnomish [GL/40; GL/41; LT2/051; LT2/119; LT2A/go; LT2I/go-] Group: Eldamo. Published by

go-

prefix. together, in one; with

Cognates

  • Eq. ma- “together, in one” ✧ GL/40; GL/40

Derivations

  • ᴱ✶ŋu̯a “together, in one” ✧ GL/40; GL/41; LT2A/Golosbrindi

Element in

  • G. govedhwen “matrimony” ✧ GL/22
  • G. govedhri “wedding” ✧ GL/22
  • G. gogail “mouth” ✧ GL/40
  • G. gochest “brother and brother, brother and sister, etc.” ✧ GL/40; GL/43
  • G. gofedhin “united, allied, ‘friends’” ✧ GL/34
  • G. gofedhra- “to unite in a band” ✧ GL/34
  • G. gofedhrog “ally” ✧ GL/34
  • G. gofeltha “*similar, like” ✧ GL/40
  • G. gofelweg “one’s fellow or equal, rival” ✧ GL/40
  • G. golaudri “deluge, flood” ✧ GL/41
  • G. golesta- “to gather (intr.)” ✧ GL/44
  • G. godaithion “educated” ✧ GL/68
  • G. godaithri(o)n “learned, educated” ✧ GL/40
  • G. godaithri “education, erudition; grammar” ✧ GL/40
  • G. gomintha “together” ✧ GL/41
  • G. gomol “the teeth, two rows of teeth” ✧ GL/41
  • G. goredhin “related, sib, akin” ✧ GL/41
  • G. gomaithri “government” ✧ GL/56
  • G. gofel “exactly alike” ✧ GL/40; GL/43
  • G. govaithum “clad” ✧ GL/21 (govaithum)
  • G. gwalest “concourse, moot, folkmote” ✧ GL/44
  • G. golairin “rime, rhyme; riming poem” ✧ GL/41
  • G. gwanos “family, birth, heredity” ✧ GL/44
  • G. gonothri(n) “of same kindred” ✧ GL/61
  • G. gwarest “cousinhood, -ship” ✧ GL/44
  • G. gochestri “consanguinity” ✧ GL/49

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ✶ŋu̯a > go[ŋʷa-] > [ŋgʷa-] > [gʷa-] > [gʷo-] > [go-]✧ GL/40

Variations

  • go- ✧ GL/21 (go-); GL/22 (go-); GL/22 (go-); GL/34 (go-); GL/34 (go-); GL/34 (go-); GL/40; GL/40; GL/41 (go-); GL/41 (go-); GL/41 (go-); GL/41 (go-); GL/41; GL/43; GL/44 (go-); GL/49 (go-); GL/56 (go-); GL/61 (go-); GL/68 (go-)
  • go ✧ GL/40; GL/40; LT2A/Golosbrindi
  • gwa- ✧ GL/40; GL/43; GL/44 (gwa-); GL/44 (gwa-); GL/44 (gwa-)
  • gwa ✧ GL/40; LT2A/Golosbrindi
  • gwa· ✧ GL/41
Gnomish [GL/21; GL/22; GL/34; GL/40; GL/41; GL/43; GL/44; GL/49; GL/56; GL/61; GL/68; LT2A/Golosbrindi] Group: Eldamo. Published by

gon-

prefix. son of

bo-

prefix. son of

Element in

Variations

  • bon- ✧ GL/23; LT2A/bo
Gnomish [GL/23; LT2/051; LT2/119; LT2A/bo; LT2A/Dhrauthodavros] Group: Eldamo. Published by

bon-

prefix. son of

gwa-

prefix. together, in one; with

Element in

gomintha

adverb. together

Element in