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Early Primitive Elvish

gwete

root. *wind, turn, bend

A root given as the basis for the verb G. gwed- “wind, turn, bend (intr.)” from the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, with other derivatives like ᴱQ. wente/G. gwent “brook, small river” (GL/46). It seems to be an updated form of ᴱ√GWEÐE of similar meaning as it appeared in the contemporaneous Qenya Lexicon, since Tolkien first wrote this verb as gwedh- and the primitive form as gu̯eđ before changing it to gwed- < gu̯et. However, despite gu̯eđ >> gu̯et Tolkien did leave most of the gwedh- derivatives unchanged, so it seems he was undecided only whether ᴱ√GWETE replaced ᴱ√GWEÐE or was just a variant. In any case, there are no signs of any of these roots in Tolkien’s later writing.

Derivatives

  • Eq. wente “brook, small river” ✧ GL/46
  • G. gwed- “to wind, turn, bend (intr.)” ✧ GL/46
  • G. gwent “brook, small river” ✧ GL/46

Variations

  • gu̯et ✧ GL/46
  • gwed² ✧ GL/46
  • u̯et ✧ GL/46
Early Primitive Elvish [GL/46] Group: Eldamo. Published by

gwā

root. *wind

Derivatives

  • Eq. “wind” ✧ LT1A/Súlimo; QL/102
  • Eq. wanwa “great gale” ✧ LT1A/Súlimo; QL/102
  • En. gwá “wind”
  • G. gwâ “wind” ✧ LT1A/Súlimo
  • G. gwam “gust of wind” ✧ LT1A/Súlimo
Early Primitive Elvish [LT1A/Súlimo; QL/102] Group: Eldamo. Published by