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Middle Primitive Elvish

swes

root. noise of blowing or breathing

A root in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “noise of blowing or breathing” with derivatives like ᴹQ. hwesta- “to puff” and ᴹQ. hwesta/N. chwest “breeze, breath, puff (of air)” (Ety/SWES). Q. hwesta “breeze” appeared in The Lord of the Rings Appendix E (LotR/1123), indicating this root’s ongoing validity.

Derivatives

  • ᴹ✶swesta- “to puff” ✧ Ety/SWES
    • ᴹQ. hwesta- “to puff” ✧ Ety/SWES
  • Q. hwesta “breeze, breeze; [ᴹQ.] breath, puff of air”
  • ᴹQ. hwesta “breeze, breath, puff of air” ✧ Ety/SWES
  • On. hwesta “puff, breath, breeze” ✧ Ety/SWES
    • N. chwest “puff, breath, breeze” ✧ Ety/SWES
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