A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “sky” derived from the root ᴹ√ƷEL of the same meaning (Ety/ƷEL).
Qenya
vaiya
proper name. Outer Sea, Enfolding Ocean
Changes
- Vaiya → Ekkaia ✧ MR/157
Cognates
- N. ui “envelope” ✧ Ety/GEY
Derivations
Element in
- ᴹQ. númen Endorello isse sí Vaia síra “westward of Middle-earth where now Ocean flows” ✧ PE22/126
- ᴹQ. Vaiaro “Ulmo”
Elements
Word Gloss vai(y)a “envelope” Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ✶wā́yā > Vaiya [wājā] > [waija] > [waia] > [vaia] ✧ Ety/GEY Variations
- Vaia ✧ PE22/126
vai(y)a
noun. envelope
Cognates
Derivations
Element in
- ᴹQ. Vaiya “Outer Sea, Enfolding Ocean”
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ✶wāyā > waia > vaia [wājā] > [waija] > [waia] > [vaia] ✧ Ety/WAY ᴹ✶wāyā > waiya > vaiya [wājā] > [waija] > [waia] > [vaia] ✧ Ety/WAY Variations
- vaia ✧ Ety/WAY
- vaiya ✧ Ety/WAY; EtyAC/WAY
maiwe
noun. gull
Cognates
- N. maew “gull” ✧ Ety/MIW
Derivations
- ᴹ√MIW “whine” ✧ Ety/MIW
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√MIW > maiwe [maiwe] ✧ Ety/MIW
helle
noun. sky
Cognates
Derivations
- ᴹ√ƷEL “sky” ✧ Ety/ƷEL
Element in
- ᴹQ. helyanwe “rainbow, (lit.) sky-bridge, rainbow, (lit.) sky-bridge, *sky-joining” ✧ Ety/ƷEL
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√ƷEL > helle [ɣelle] > [helle] ✧ Ety/ƷEL Variations
- helle ✧ Ety/ƷEL
Name for the Outer Sea appearing in the Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s (LR/209, SM/236). It is vai(y)a “envelope” used as a proper name (Ety/WAY,GEY).