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Gnomish

-vran

suffix. dwelling

A suffixal form of G. brann (GL/24); see S. barthan for discussion.

Cognates

Variations

  • -vron ✧ GL/24

-vron

suffix. dwelling

gwast

noun. dwelling

A noun for “dwelling” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s derived from the early root ᴱ√[[ep|ŋwa[ð]-]] (GL/47).

Derivations

  • ᴱ√ŊWAÐA “tarry, linger” ✧ GL/47

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√ŋwa- > gwast[ŋʷaðt] > [ŋgʷaðt] > [gʷaðt] > [gʷaðt]✧ GL/47