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Gnomish

gwais

noun. kinship, relation

A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s appearing as {gwâs >>} gwais “kinship, relationship”, a combination of gwa- “together” + geth “clan, kindred, folk”, with Tolkien saying “s < ts after long vowel” (GL/43).

Derivations

Element in

  • G. hauthwais “matrimony, conjugal rights” ✧ GL/48

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ✶ŋuaʒet- > gwais[ŋʷaɣets] > [ŋgʷaɣets] > [gʷaɣets] > [gʷaɣes] > [gʷaɣes] > [gʷaes] > [gʷais]✧ GL/43
Gnomish [GL/43; GL/48] Group: Eldamo. Published by

gwista-

verb. to be ignorant of, not to know

Variations

  • gwista ✧ GL/46

rest

noun. kinship

An archaic noun for “kinship” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s derived from the early root ᴱ√redh- (GL/65).

Derivations

  • ᴱ√REÐE “kinsman” ✧ GL/65

Element in

  • G. gwarest “cousinhood, -ship” ✧ GL/44

Variations

  • rest ✧ GL/44 (rest)
Gnomish [GL/44; GL/65] Group: Eldamo. Published by