A noun glossed “brook” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, a derivative of ᴱ√nere (GL/60).
Gnomish
gwent
noun. brook, small river
Cognates
- Eq. wente “brook, small river” ✧ GL/46
Derivations
- ᴱ√GWETE “*wind, turn, bend” ✧ GL/46
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√gwed² > gwent [went] > [gʷent] > [gʷenθ] > [gʷent] ✧ GL/46 ᴱ√gwed² > gwed [wet] > [gʷet] > [gʷed] ✧ GL/46 Variations
- gwent ✧ GL/46
- gwed ✧ GL/46
gwent
adjective. big, large; fine
gwen(n)
adjective. big, large; fine
Derivations
- ᴱ√GWENE “*large, wide” ✧ GL/45
Element in
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√gwene- > gwen [gwen] ✧ GL/45 ᴱ√gwene- > gwent [gʷent] > [gʷenθ] > [gʷent] ✧ GL/45 Variations
- gwen ✧ GL/45
- gwent ✧ GL/45
- gwenn ✧ GL/45
nern
noun. brook
Derivations
- ᴱ√NEÐE ✧ GL/60
Element in
- G. nermil “a fay that haunts the meadows and riverbanks” ✧ GL/60
A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s given as G. gwent “brook, small river” with an apparent variant gwed, both derivatives ᴱ√gu̯et (GL/46).