@@@ Didier Willis posited revia- (HSD/revia), assuming [mj] > [nj] was a Noldorin-only change
Quenya
tsette
noun. fly
wil-
fly
itsë
noun. fly
Derivations
- ᴺ✶. ITITH “annoy, *itch, irritate; peck, bite (of flies)”
Sindarin
revia-
verb. to fly, sail
revia-
verb. to wander
revia-
verb. to fly, sail
renia
fly
1) renia- (sail, wander, stray) (i renia, idh reniar), 2)
renia
fly
(sail, wander, stray) (i renia, idh reniar)
rib
fly
rib- (i rîb, idh ribir) (rush, fling)
rib
fly
(i rîb, idh ribir) (rush, fling)
Noldorin
rhevia-
verb. to fly, sail
rhevia-
verb. to wander
rhenia-
verb. to fly, sail
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ✶ramya- > rhenio [ramja-] > [ranja-] > [rania-] > [renia-] > [r̥enia-] ✧ Ety/RAM
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Qenya
tsette
noun. fly
vil-
verb. to fly, to fly, [ᴱQ.] float, sail
Derivations
- ᴹ√WIL “fly, float in air” ✧ Ety/WIL
Element in
- ᴺQ. amavil- “to fly up, soar”
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√WIL > vilin [gwil-] > [ɣwil-] > [wil-] > [vil-] ✧ Ety/WIL ᴹ√WIL > wilin [gwil-] > [ɣwil-] > [wil-] > [vil-] ✧ Ety/WIL
wil-
verb. to fly
Gnomish
duila-
verb. to fly
sitha
noun. fly
A word for “fly” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/68), perhaps related to the early root ᴱ√ITI “peck, bite (of flies), annoy” (QL/43).
Cognates
- Eq. itse “small fly”
Derivations
- ᴱ√ITI “peck, bite (of flies), annoy”
Element in
Variations
- sitha ✧ LT1A/Gong
wil- vb. "fly" (1st pers. aorist wilin "I fly"; changed from vilin pa.t. villë, which would be the forms used in later Exilic Quenya. The older pa.t. would be willë.) (WIL). The early "Qenya" lexicon haswili- "sail, float, fly" (LT1:273)