Early Quenya
ektele
noun. fountain
Cognates
- G. ecthel(uin) “fountain, fount” ✧ GL/31; LT2A/Ecthelion; PE15/23; PME/046
- G. aithl “spring”
Derivations
- ᴱ√KELE “flow, run; ooze, trickle”
Element in
- Eq. Ektelion “Lord of the Fountain”
Variations
- ektelë ✧ LT1A/Kelusindi; LT2A/Ecthelion
- Ektele ✧ PE15/23
kektele
noun. fountain
Cognates
- G. caithl “source, fount, origin”
Derivations
Variations
- kektelë ✧ LT1A/Kelusindi; LT2A/Ecthelion
welme
noun. spring
welwe
noun. spring
Cognates
- G. gwelwi “spring of water”
Derivations
- ᴱ√GWELE “*boil, bubble” ✧ QL/103
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√GWELE > ’welwe [gʷelwē] > [gʷelwe] > [welwe] ✧ QL/103 Variations
- ’welwe ✧ QL/103
- ’welme ✧ QL/103
vaskelu
noun. fountain
Elements
Word Gloss VASA “*wing” KELE “flow, run; ooze, trickle”
tuilére
noun. Spring
Cognates
- G. tuilir “spring(time)” ✧ QL/096
Element in
- Eq. Tuiléris “April” ✧ QL/096
Variations
- Tuilérë ✧ LT1A/Tuilérë; LT1I/Tuilérë
- Tui(lēre) ✧ PME/096
- Tuilēre ✧ QL/096
- Tui ✧ QL/096 (Tui)
- tuilē-re ✧ QL/096
A word for “fountain” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed, a combination of the roots ᴱ√VASA and ᴱ√KELU (QL/93).