Sindarin 

gwa-

prefix. together (only in old compounds, the living form is go-)

Sindarin [Ety/399, WJ/367] Group: SINDICT. Published by

gwa-

prefix. together, co-, com-

Element in

  • ᴺS. gwabeth “sentence, phrase”

go-

prefix. *away

A hypothetical element in the name Gódhel, a late Sindarin replacement for Ódhel “Elf who left for Aman”, but Tolkien said “it seems most probable that it took g- from the old clan-name Golodh, pl. Goelydh, which it practically replaced” (WJ/364). Thus ✱go- “away” < ✶wā- is probably a false etymology.

Neo-Sindarin: For purposes of Neo-Sindarin, I would use gwa- as the prefix for “away”, as in gwahae “✱far away”.

Derivations

  • wā- “*away” ✧ WJ/364

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
> gwǭ > go[wā-] > [wǭ-] > [gwǭ-] > [gwau-] > [gwo-] > [go-]✧ WJ/364

Variations

  • go ✧ WJ/364

go-

together

_pref. _together. Q. o-.

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:16] < C.E. WĀ, WO. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

go-

prefix. together, co-, com-

Cognates

  • Q. o- “together” ✧ PE17/016; PE17/191; PE17/191; WJ/367

Derivations

  • WO “together” ✧ PE17/016; PE17/191; WJ/367
  • “together” ✧ WJ/368
    • WO “together” ✧ WJ/361

Element in

  • S. genedia- “to reckon”
  • S. gobel “village, town (enclosure), (walled) village, town (enclosure); [N.] walled house, *manor”
  • ᴺS. gobem “mouth”
  • ᴺS. gobeth “dictionary”
  • ᴺS. goianna- “to join with, add to”
  • ᴺS. golain “connection, relation, context, (lit.) threadage”
  • ᴺS. golof “consonant”
  • S. goloth “inflorescence, *collection of flowers”
  • ᴺS. gothiol “similar”
  • S. govan- “to meet, come to same place” ✧ PE17/016
  • ᴺS. gwachon “(sworn) brother, associate”
  • ᴺS. gwalir “rhyme, rime (the two actual rhyming words), rhyming poem”
  • ᴺS. gwanos “family, birth, heredity, *lineage”
  • S. gwanunig “twin” ✧ WJ/367; WJ/367
  • ᴺS. gwaren “[nuclear] family”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
WĂ/WO > go[wo-] > [gwo-] > [go-]✧ PE17/016
WO/WONO > go´[wo-] > [gwo-] > [go-]✧ PE17/191
WO/WONO > gwa´[wó-] > [wá-] > [gwá-]✧ PE17/191
WO > gwa-[wó-] > [wá-] > [gwá-]✧ WJ/367
wo > gwo > go-[wo-] > [gwo-] > [go-]✧ WJ/368

Variations

  • go ✧ PE17/016
  • go´ ✧ PE17/191 (go´)
  • gwa´ ✧ PE17/191 (gwa´)
  • gwa- ✧ WJ/367
Sindarin [PE17/016; PE17/191; WJ/367; WJ/368] Group: Eldamo. Published by

go

together

(prefix) go-, gwa- (+ lenition) (co-, com-).

go

together

gwa- (+ lenition) (co-, com-).

godref

through together

(AI:92)