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Early Quenya

vesse

noun. wife

Cognates

  • En. gweth “wife” ✧ PE13/146

Derivations

  • ᴱ√VEÐE ✧ PE13/146; QL/101

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√VEŘE > vesse[βeðsē] > [βeðse] > [veðse] > [veθse] > [vesse]✧ QL/101
Early Quenya [PE13/146; QL/101] Group: Eldamo. Published by

vestin

noun. wife

Derivations

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√VEŘE > vestin[βeðtin] > [veðtin] > [veθtin] > [vestin]✧ QL/101
Early Quenya [QL/101] Group: Eldamo. Published by

veri

noun. wife

Cognates

Derivations

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√VEŘE > veri[βeðī] > [βeði] > [veði] > [vezi] > [veri]✧ QL/101
Early Quenya [QL/101] Group: Eldamo. Published by

herivesti

noun. wife

A word in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “wife” (QL/40), a combination of ᴱQ. heri “lady” and a feminized form of ᴱQ. vesta “marriage”, the female equivalent of ᴱQ. heruvesto “(lord) husband” from the same entry.

Elements

WordGloss
heri“lady”
vesta“state of marriage”
Early Quenya [QL/040] Group: Eldamo. Published by

veruni

noun. wife

Early Quenya [QL/101] Group: Eldamo. Published by