hwesta
breeze, breath, puff of air
hwesta
noun. breeze, breeze; [ᴹQ.] breath, puff of air
A noun in Appendix E of The Lord of the Rings glossed “breeze”, the name of tengwa #12 [c] (LotR/1123).
Conceptual Development: ᴹQ. hwesta “breath, breeze, puff of air” appeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s as a derivative of the root ᴹ√SWES “noise of blowing or breathing” (Ety/SWES).
Cognates
- ᴺS. hwest “puff, breath, breeze”
Derivations
- ᴹ√SWES “noise of blowing or breathing”
Element in
- ᴺQ. hwestalauca “vapour”
- Q. hwesta sindarinwa “Grey-elven hw” ✧ LotR/1123
hwesta-
to puff
hwesta- (2) vb. "to puff" (SWES)
foa
breath, puff of breath
foa (1) noun "breath, puff of breath" (VT47:35, 36)
hwest
noun. puff, breath, breeze
hwa
breeze
n. #breeze. >> hwá
hwá
breeze
n. #breeze. >> hwa
hwest
breath
(i chwest, o chwest) (puff, breeze), pl. hwist (i chwist)
hwest
breeze
hwest (i chwest, o chwest) (puff, breath), pl. hwist (i chwist)
hwest
breeze
(i chwest, o chwest) (puff, breath), pl. hwist (i chwist)
hwest
puff
(i chwest, o chwest) (breath, breeze), pl. hwist (i chwist)
hwest
puff
hwest (i chwest, o chwest) (breath, breeze), pl. hwist (i chwist)
hwest
noun. puff, breath, breeze
Cognates
- Q. hwesta “breeze, breeze; [ᴹQ.] breath, puff of air”
thûl
breath
1) thûl (pl. thuil), 2) hwest (i chwest, o chwest) (puff, breeze), pl. hwist (i chwist)
thûl
breath
(pl. thuil)
pûh
noun. breath
A noun translated “breath” and fully declined as an example of a Weak I noun (SD/431).
Variations
- pūh ✧ SD/426; SD/431
chwest
noun. puff, breath, breeze
chwest
noun. puff, breath, breeze
A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s appearing as N. chwest “puff, breath, breeze” (ON. hwesta) from the root ᴹ√SWES “noise of blowing or breathing” (Ety/SWES).
Neo-Sindarin: If adapted to Neo-Sindarin, this word would be ᴺS. hwest as suggested in HSD (HSD). Its Quenya cognate Q. hwesta “breeze” appeared in The Lord of the Rings Appendix E (LotR/1123), indicating this word’s ongoing validity.
Cognates
- ᴹQ. hwesta “breeze, breath, puff of air” ✧ Ety/SWES
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources On. hwesta > chwest [w̥esta] > [xwesta] > [xwest] ✧ Ety/SWES
thûl
noun. breath
thûl
noun. breath
A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “breath” derived from the root ᴹ√THŪ “puff, blow” (Ety/THŪ). As written in The Etymologies, the actual form was thūl (EtyAC/THŪ).
Conceptual Development: In the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, Tolkien gave G. fest “breath, breathing” (GL/35), likely derived from the early root ᴱ√ǶEHE “breathe” (QL/41) with ƕ becoming f.
Cognates
- ᴹQ. súle “breath; spirit” ✧ Ety/THŪ
Derivations
- ᴹ√THŪ “puff, blow” ✧ Ety/THŪ
Element in
- ᴺS. úthúlui “breathless”
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√THŪ > thūl [tʰūle] > [θūle] > [θūl] ✧ Ety/THŪ Variations
- thūl ✧ Ety/THŪ
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hwesta
noun. puff, breath, breeze
Cognates
- ᴹQ. hwesta “breeze, breath, puff of air” ✧ Ety/SWES
Derivations
- ᴹ√SWES “noise of blowing or breathing” ✧ Ety/SWES
Derivatives
- N. chwest “puff, breath, breeze” ✧ Ety/SWES
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√SWES > hwesta [swesta] > [w̥esta] ✧ Ety/SWES
gwilith
noun. breeze
blith
noun. breeze, breeze, [G.] zephyr; air
A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s appearing as G. blith “air, breeze, zephyr”, probably related to the early root ᴱ√VILI (GL/23). ᴱN. blith “breeze” also appeared in Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s (PE13/139).
Derivations
- ᴱ√VILI “*air”
puse
noun. puff
Derivations
- ᴱ√PUSU “puff, blow, puff out, make swell” ✧ QL/076
Element in
- Eq. pusilla “puff, whiff, breeze” ✧ QL/076
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√PUSU > puse [pusē] > [puse] ✧ QL/076
hwesta (1) noun "breeze, breath, puff of air" (SWES), also name of tengwa #12 (Appendix E, VT46:17); hwesta sindarinwa "Grey-elven hw", name of tengwa #34 (Appendix E).