gwelw

noun. air (as substance)

gwelw

noun. air (as a substance)

A noun appearing in The Etymologies of the 1930s as N. gwelw “air (as a substance)” derived from primitive ᴹ✶wilwā under the root ᴹ√WIL “fly, float in air” (Ety/WIL).

Conceptual Development: An earlier precursor is G. gwail “air” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, derived from the early root ᴱ√gu̯il (GL/45).

Neo-Sindarin: If adapted to Neo-Sindarin, this word would be ᴺS. gwelu as suggested in HSD (HSD).

Cognates

• ᴹQ. wilma “inner or lower air” ✧ Ety/WIL
• Ilk. gwelo “air, lower air” ✧ Ety/WIL

Derivations

• ᴹ✶wilwā “air, lower air” ✧ Ety/WIL
  • ᴹ√WIL “fly, float in air” ✧ Ety/WIL

Element in

• N. gwelwen “air, lower air” ✧ Ety/WIL

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ✶wilwā > gwelw	[wilwā] > [wilwa] > [gwilwa] > [gwelwa] > [gwelw] > [gwelu]	✧ Ety/WIL

gwelwen

noun. air, lower air (distinct from the upper air of the stars, or the outer)

gwilith

noun. air (as a region)

lhind

noun. air, tune

lhinn

noun. air, tune