gwilith

noun. air (as a region)

gwilith

noun. air (as a region), air (as a region), *lower sky; [G.] breeze

An abstract noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “air as a region” under the root ᴹ√WIL (Ety/WIL). In other words, you breath N. gwelw (ᴺS. gwelu) “air as a substance”, but birds fly through gwilith, basically making it the lower sky below the clouds.

Conceptual Development: In Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, G. gwilith was “a breeze” (GL/45).

Derivations

• ᴹ√WIL “fly, float in air” ✧ Ety/WIL

Elements

Word	Gloss
WIL	“fly, float in air”
-th	“abstract noun”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√WIL > gwilith	[wilitte] > [wilittʰe] > [wiliθθe] > [gwiliθθe] > [gwiliθθ] > [gwiliθ]	✧ Ety/WIL

gwelw

noun. air (as substance)

gwelwen

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

lhind

noun. air, tune

lhinn

noun. air, tune