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Gnomish

gwaid

noun. kinsmen, relations; companion

A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s appearing as {gwâd >>} gwaid “kinsman, relations” derived from primitive ᴱ✶ŋuaʒet- = gwa- “together” + ged “†kinsman”, with a secondary meaning of “companion” (GL/43).

Changes

  • gwâd → gwaid ✧ GL/43

Derivations

Element in

  • G. hauthwaid “consort, wife or husband” ✧ GL/48

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ✶ŋuaʒet- > gwa’ed > gwaid[ŋʷaɣet] > [ŋgʷaɣet] > [gʷaɣet] > [gʷaɣed] > [gʷaed] > [gʷaid]✧ GL/43

Variations

  • gwâd ✧ GL/43 (gwâd)
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