Early Quenya
herivesti
noun. wife
Elements
Word Gloss heri “lady” vesta “state of marriage”
vestin
noun. wife
Derivations
- ᴱ√VEÐE ✧ QL/101
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√VEŘE > vestin [βeðtin] > [veðtin] > [veθtin] > [vestin] ✧ QL/101
veri
noun. wife
Cognates
- G. bess “wife”
Derivations
- ᴱ√VEÐE ✧ QL/101
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√VEŘE > veri [βeðī] > [βeði] > [veði] > [vezi] > [veri] ✧ QL/101
vesse
noun. wife
Cognates
- En. gweth “wife” ✧ PE13/146
Derivations
- ᴱ√VEÐE ✧ PE13/146; QL/101
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√VEŘE > vesse [βeðsē] > [βeðse] > [veðse] > [veθse] > [vesse] ✧ QL/101
veruni
noun. wife
A word in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “wife” (QL/40), a combination of ᴱQ. heri “lady” and a feminized form of ᴱQ. vesta “marriage”, the female equivalent of ᴱQ. heruvesto “(lord) husband” from the same entry.