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Doriathrin

gwene

adjective. green

An adjective for “green” derived from the root ᴹ√GWEN (Ety/GWEN). Its Quenya cognate ᴹQ. wenya suggests its primitive form was ✱✶gwenyā [gwenjā]. If so, it is an example of how, after [[ilk|final [a] was lost]], the [[ilk|final [j] became [i]]] and then became [e], as suggested by Helge Fauskanger (AL-Ilkorin/gwene).

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. venya “green, yellow-green, fresh” ✧ Ety/GWEN

Derivations

  • ᴹ√GWEN “*fresh, green” ✧ Ety/GWEN

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Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√GWEN > gwene[gwenjā] > [gwenja] > [gwenj] > [gweni] > [gwene]✧ Ety/GWEN
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