Gnomish
gwam
noun. gust of wind
Cognates
- Eq. wanwa “great gale”
Derivations
- ᴱ√GWĀ “*wind” ✧ LT1A/Súlimo
Element in
- G. Gwanweg “Windy” ✧ GL/43; LT1A/Súlimo
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√GWĀ > gwam [gʷanwa] > [gʷanw] > [gʷam] ✧ LT1A/Súlimo
A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “a gust of wind” (GL/43), probably derived from the early root ᴱ√GWĀ as suggested by Christopher Tolkien (LT1A/Súlimo; QL/102).