vaiya

proper name. Outer Sea, Enfolding Ocean

Name for the Outer Sea appearing in the Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s (LR/209, SM/236). It is vai(y)a “envelope” used as a proper name (Ety/WAY,GEY).

Changes

• Vaiya → Ekkaia ✧ MR/157

Cognates

• N. ui “envelope” ✧ Ety/GEY

Derivations

• ᴹ✶wāyā “envelope” ✧ Ety/GEY
  • ᴹ√WAY “enfold” ✧ Ety/GEY; Ety/WAY

Element in

• ᴹQ. númen Endorello isse sí Vaia síra “westward of Middle-earth where now Ocean flows” ✧ PE22/126
• ᴹQ. Vaiaro “Ulmo”

Elements

Word	Gloss
vai(y)a	“envelope”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ✶wā́yā > Vaiya	[wājā] > [waija] > [waia] > [vaia]	✧ Ety/GEY

Variations

• Vaia ✧ PE22/126

vai(y)a

noun. envelope

Cognates

• On. uia “envelope” ✧ Ety/WAY
• N. ui “envelope” ✧ Ety/WAY

Derivations

• ᴹ✶wāyā “envelope” ✧ Ety/WAY
  • ᴹ√WAY “enfold” ✧ Ety/GEY; Ety/WAY

Element in

• ᴹQ. Vaiya “Outer Sea, Enfolding Ocean”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ✶wāyā > waia > vaia	[wājā] > [waija] > [waia] > [vaia]	✧ Ety/WAY
ᴹ✶wāyā > waiya > vaiya	[wājā] > [waija] > [waia] > [vaia]	✧ Ety/WAY

Variations

• vaia ✧ Ety/WAY
• vaiya ✧ Ety/WAY; EtyAC/WAY

maiwe

noun. gull

Cognates

• N. maew “gull” ✧ Ety/MIW

Derivations

• ᴹ√MIW “whine” ✧ Ety/MIW

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√MIW > maiwe	[maiwe]	✧ Ety/MIW

helle

noun. sky

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “sky” derived from the root ᴹ√ƷEL of the same meaning (Ety/ƷEL).

Cognates

• On. elle “sky” ✧ Ety/ƷEL
• Ilk. gell “sky” ✧ Ety/ƷEL

Derivations

• ᴹ√ƷEL “sky” ✧ Ety/ƷEL

Element in

• ᴹQ. helyanwe “rainbow, (lit.) sky-bridge, rainbow, (lit.) sky-bridge, *sky-joining” ✧ Ety/ƷEL

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√ƷEL > helle	[ɣelle] > [helle]	✧ Ety/ƷEL

Variations

• helle ✧ Ety/ƷEL