Primitive elvish

ówō

adverb. together

Derivations

  • WO “together” ✧ PE17/191

Derivatives

  • Q. uo “together” ✧ PE17/191
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wo

root. together

This root was the basis for the prefix Q. o- and S. go- “together”. In the 1910s Gnomish Lexicon, G. go- (unaccented) or gwa- “together” was derived from primitive ᴱ✶ŋu̯a and the Qenya form was ᴱQ. ma- (GL/40-41). In the 1920s the Early Noldorin form was still ᴱN. go- or gwa- but the Qenya form was ᴱQ. va- (PE13/162), probably from primitive ✱wa-. In The Etymologies of the 1930s Tolkien gave the root as ᴹ√WŌ̆ “together” with derivatives ᴹQ. o- and N. go- or stressed gwa- (Ety/WŌ; EtyAC/WŌ).

In The Etymologies Tolkien explained the go-/gwa- variation in Noldorin as the result of the sound change whereby stressed became wa in Common Eldarin (Ety/WŌ); Tolkien gave a similar explanation for Sindarin in the Quendi and Eldar essay of 1959-60 (WJ/367). Despite stressed > wa being an ancient change, the wa variant did not survive in Quenya. Tolkien explained the sound change whereby wo became o in Quenya several times: in the Outline of Phonetic Development (OP1) from the 1930s, in the Outline of Phonology (OP2) from the early 1950s, and in the Quendi and Eldar essay of 1959-60 (PE19/53, 106; WJ/367). The root √WO itself also appeared several times in Tolkien’s later writings (PE17/16, 191; WJ/361), in one place with the variant √WONO (PE17/191).

Derivatives

  • ówō “together” ✧ PE17/191
    • Q. uo “together” ✧ PE17/191
  • “together” ✧ WJ/361
    • Q. o- “together” ✧ PE19/106
    • S. go- “together, co-, com-” ✧ WJ/368
    • ᴺS. gu “(together) with”
  • Q. o- “together” ✧ PE17/191; WJ/367
  • S. go- “together, co-, com-” ✧ PE17/016; PE17/191; WJ/367
  • T. vo- “together” ✧ WJ/367

Element in

  • ᴺ✶. womātē “*community, (lit.) eating-together”
  • ᴺQ. ólav- “to compromise”
  • ᴺQ. ómen “crossroads”
  • ᴺS. goven “crossroads”

Variations

  • WĂ/WO ✧ PE17/016
  • WO/WONO ✧ PE17/191 (WO/WONO)
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prefix. together

Derivations

  • WO “together” ✧ WJ/361

Derivatives

  • Q. o- “together” ✧ PE19/106
  • S. go- “together, co-, com-” ✧ WJ/368
  • ᴺS. gu “(together) with”

Variations

  • gwo ✧ PE19/106
  • wo- ✧ WJ/367
  • wo ✧ WJ/368
Primitive elvish [PE19/106; WJ/361; WJ/367; WJ/368] Group: Eldamo. Published by