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Qenya 

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)

vesta

noun. matrimony, matrimony, [ᴱQ.] state of marriage

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “matrimony” derived from the root ᴹ√BES “wed” (Ety/BES). The same word ᴱQ. vesta appeared in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with the gloss “state of marriage”, but there it was based on the early root ᴱ√VEŘE [VEÐE] (QL/101). It was also mentioned as a cognate of ᴱN. gwedhw “matrimony” in Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s, but there it was a derivative of ᴱ√wed- (PE13/146).

Cognates

  • ᴺS. best “marriage, matrimony, wedlock, wedding”

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶bestā “matrimony” ✧ Ety/BES
    • ᴹ√BES “wed” ✧ Ety/BES
  • ᴹ√BES “wed” ✧ Ety/WED

Element in

  • ᴺQ. vestaracië “adultery, (lit.) marriage-breaking”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶bestā > vesta[bestā] > [βestā] > [βesta] > [vesta]✧ Ety/BES
ᴹ√BES > vesta[bestā] > [βestā] > [βesta] > [vesta]✧ Ety/WED

Variations

  • vesta ✧ Ety/BES; Ety/WED
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