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Gnomish

gwent

noun. brook, small river

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).

Cognates

  • Eq. wente “brook, small river” ✧ GL/46

Derivations

  • ᴱ√GWETE “*wind, turn, bend” ✧ GL/46

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
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

  • G. Bladorwen “Wide Earth, Mother Earth”
  • G. -wen “*augmentative” ✧ GL/45

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
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

A noun glossed “brook” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, a derivative of ᴱ√nere (GL/60).

Derivations

Element in

  • G. nermil “a fay that haunts the meadows and riverbanks” ✧ GL/60