quenna

noun. saying, proverb

Derivations

• ✶kwetnā “saying, proverb” ✧ PE19/086
  • √KWET “say, speak, utter words” ✧ PE19/086
  • √KWE “vocal speech” ✧ WJ/392

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶kwetnā > quenna	[kwetnā] > [kwednā] > [kwennā] > [kwenna]	✧ PE19/086

eques

saying, dictum, a quotation from someone's uttered words, a current or proverbial dictum

eques (equess-, as in pl. equessi) noun "a saying, dictum, a quotation from someone's uttered words, a current or proverbial dictum" (WJ:392); I Equessi Rúmilo "the Sayings of Rúmil" (WJ:398)

quenna

noun. saying, proverb

@@@ used in NQNT; its original etymology is no longer valid, but it might be re-derived from √KWEN

Derivations

• √KWEN “speak with rational words”
  • √KWE “vocal speech” ✧ WJ/392