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Gnomish

gwî

place name. Gwî

Changes

  • GwêBandoth ✧ GL/18
  • GwêGwî ✧ GL/21
  • GwêGwî ✧ GL/45
  • GwêGwî ✧ LT1A/Vê

Cognates

  • Eq. ✧ GL/45; LT1A/Vê

Derivations

  • ᴱ√WEHE “*death” ✧ GL/45; LT1A/Vê

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√u̯ē· > Gwî[wē] > [gʷē] > [gʷī]✧ GL/45

Variations

  • Gwê ✧ GL/18 (Gwê); GL/21 (Gwê); GL/45 (Gwê); LT1A/Vê (Gwê)
  • Ingwi ✧ GL/21
Gnomish [GL/18; GL/21; GL/45; LT1A/Vê] Group: Eldamo. Published by

gwaidhin

noun. web

A word for “web” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, derived from the early root ᴱ√gu̯iđ and related to G. gwidh- “weave” (GL/46). It had a deleted variant gwaith².

Changes

  • gwaith²gwaidhin ✧ GL/46

Derivations

  • ᴱ√GWIÐI “*plait, weave” ✧ GL/46

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√gu̯iđ > gwaidhin[gʷīðin] > [gʷaiðin]✧ GL/46
ᴱ√gu̯iđ > gwaith²[gʷīð] > [gʷaið] > [gʷaiθ]✧ GL/46

Variations

  • gwaith² ✧ GL/46 (gwaith²)

gwinn

noun. net

gwith

noun. net

Derivations

  • ᴱ√GWIÐI “*plait, weave” ✧ GL/46

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√gu̯iđ > gwith[gʷið] > [gʷiθ]✧ GL/46

Variations

  • gwinn ✧ GL/46

man

masculine name. Man

Changes

  • ManwMan ✧ PE13/104

Cognates

  • Eq. Manwe ✧ GL/18; LT1A/Manwë; PE13/104

Derivations

  • ᴱ√MANA “*good (moral)”

Element in

Variations

  • Manw ✧ PE13/104 (Manw)
Gnomish [GL/18; GL/20; GL/43; GL/56; GL/68; LT1A/Manwë; PE13/104; PE15/26] Group: Eldamo. Published by