Gnomish
gwar-
verb. to watch (all senses), guard
Derivations
- ᴱ√WARA “care for, guard, watch (over)” ✧ GL/46
Element in
- G. cathor “helmet, (lit.) head-ward” ✧ GL/25
- G. Gwarbilin “Birdward(en)” ✧ GL/46; LT1A/Tinfang; LT2A/Amon Gwareth
- G. Gwarestrin “Tower of Guard, Watchtower” ✧ LT2A/Amon Gwareth; PE15/27
- G. gwarestrin “watch-tower” ✧ GL/46
- G. gwareth “watch, guard, ward; vigilance” ✧ GL/46; LT2A/Amon Gwareth
- G. gwarieg “watchman, warden” ✧ GL/46
- G. Mindon Gwar ✧ LT2A/Amon Gwareth
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√u̯ar > gwar- [war-] > [gʷar-] ✧ GL/46 Variations
- gwar- ✧ GL/46; LT1A/Tinfang; LT2A/Amon Gwareth
- Gwar ✧ LT2A/Glamhoth; PE15/27
gwar-
verb. *to dwell
gwadh-
verb. to dwell
Changes
gwath-→ gwar- ✧ QL/102Derivations
- ᴱ√ẆAÐA “dwell” ✧ GL/46; QL/102
Element in
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√gu̯ađ > gwadh- [gwað-] ✧ GL/46 Variations
- gwar- ✧ QL/102
- gwath- ✧ QL/102 (
gwath-)
mara-
verb. to dwell
Derivations
- ᴱ√MBARA “dwell, live” ✧ GL/56
Variations
- (m)bara ✧ GL/56
(m)bara-
verb. to dwell
A verb appearing as G. gwadh- “dwell” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s with a (deleted) primitive form gu̯ađ (GL/46), likely an allusion to the early root ᴱ√ẆAÐA from the contemporaneous Qenya Lexicon (QL/102). In that document, Tolkien gave the Gnomish form as {gwath- >>} gwar-, however, which might align with the deleted primitive form ᴱ✶gu̯ara- “dwell” from the Gnomish Lexicon (GL/38).