Quenya 

ovesta

contract, compact, treaty

[ovesta] noun "contract, compact, treaty" (WED, WŌ)

ovesta

noun. contract, compact, treaty

Elements

WordGloss
o-“together”
wedtā“contract”

Sindarin 

gowest

contract

gowest (i **owest) (compact, treaty), pl. gewist (i ngewist = i ñewist). Archaic pl. göwist**.

gowest

contract

(i ’owest) (compact, treaty), pl. gewist (i ngewist =  i ñewist). Archaic pl. göwist.

Noldorin 

gowest

noun. contract, compact, treaty

Noldorin [Ety/397, Ety/399] go-+gwest. Group: SINDICT. Published by

gowest

noun. contract, compact, treaty

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. ovesta “contract, compact, treaty” ✧ Ety/WED

Elements

WordGloss
go-“together”
gwest“oath”
Noldorin [Ety/WED; Ety/WŌ] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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Qenya 

ovesta

noun. contract, compact, treaty

Cognates

  • N. gowest “contract, compact, treaty” ✧ Ety/WED

Elements

WordGloss
o-“together”
vesta“contract”
Qenya [Ety/WED; Ety/WŌ] Group: Eldamo. Published by

vesta

noun. contract

Changes

  • vesta → vesta “contract” ✧ Ety/WED

Cognates

  • N. gwest “oath” ✧ Ety/WED

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶wedtā “contract” ✧ Ety/WED
    • ᴹ√WED “bind” ✧ Ety/WED

Element in

  • ᴹQ. ovesta “contract, compact, treaty”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶wed-tā > vesta[wedtā] > [westā] > [westa] > [vesta]✧ Ety/WED

Variations

  • vesta ✧ Ety/WED (vesta)

Middle Primitive Elvish

wedtā

noun/verb. contract

Derivations

  • ᴹ√WED “bind” ✧ Ety/WED

Derivatives

  • ᴹQ. vesta- “to swear (to do something), contract, make a compact” ✧ Ety/WED
  • ᴹQ. vesta “contract” ✧ Ety/WED
  • N. gwest “oath” ✧ Ety/WED
  • N. gwesta- “to swear” ✧ Ety/WED

Element in

  • ᴺQ. ovesta “contract, compact, treaty”
  • ᴹQ. ovesta “contract, compact, treaty” ✧ Ety/WED (ovesta)

Variations

  • wed-tā ✧ Ety/WED
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/WED] Group: Eldamo. Published by