gwilwileth

noun. butterfly

gwilwileth

noun. butterfly

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “butterfly” derived from the root ᴹ√WIL “fly” (Ety/WIL), apparently with duplication of the root and the addition of the abstract noun suffix N. -th.

Conceptual Development: The word G. gwilbrin or gwilvrin “a butterfly” appeared in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s along with an adjective form G. gwilbriniol “like a butterfly”, based on primitive ᴱ√gu̯il (GL/45).

Cognates

• ᴹQ. wilwarin “butterfly” ✧ Ety/WIL

Derivations

• ᴹ√WIL “fly, float in air” ✧ Ety/WIL

Elements

Word	Gloss
-th	“abstract noun”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√WIL > gwilwileth	[wilwilitta] > [wilwilittʰa] > [wilwiliθθa] > [gwilwiliθθa] > [gwilwileθθa] > [gwilwileθθ] > [gwilwileθ]	✧ Ety/WIL