A noun Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s, a combination of ᴱN. gwai “sea” and ᴱN. thlos “shore” and thus = “✱sea-shore” (PE13/146).
Early Noldorin
gwaith
noun. people, men, folk
gwaith duailch
*stout people
gwiaithos
noun. a person, human (not specifically m. or f.)
gwaithlos
noun. *sea-shore
gweg
noun. man, male (being)
lhom
noun. shadow
A word for “a person, human (not specifically m. or f.)” in the Early Noldorin Grammar, a singular form of made from ᴱN. gwiaith “people, men” (PE13/124). Given the generic nature of its origin, it probably referred to “person” of any species as well, both Elves and Men.