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Early Quenya

vasse

noun. wing

A word for “wing” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√VASA (QL/100). A similar word ’wasse appeared under the early root ᴱ√GWASA (QL/103). The word vasse “wing” also appeared in the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon (GL/22) and again in Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s (PE16/137), but not thereafter.

Cognates

  • G. bass “wing, pinion” ✧ GL/22

Derivations

  • ᴱ√VASA “*wing” ✧ QL/100
  • ᴱ√GWASA “*rush” ✧ QL/103

Element in

  • Eq. vassivaswe “beating or rushing of wings” ✧ QL/100

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√VASA > vasse[βassi] > [βasse] > [vasse]✧ QL/100
ᴱ√GWASA > ’wasse[gʷassi] > [gʷasse] > [wasse]✧ QL/103

Variations

  • ’wasse ✧ QL/103
Early Quenya [GL/22; PE16/137; QL/100; QL/103] Group: Eldamo. Published by

wasse

noun. wing

vasta-

verb. to rush (of both noise and speed, intr.)

Derivations

  • ᴱ√VASA “*wing” ✧ QL/100

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√VASA > vastan[βasta-] > [vasta-]✧ QL/100
Early Quenya [QL/100] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ala

noun. wing

Derivations

  • ᴱ√ALA “spread‽”

Element in

Early Quenya [PE16/062; PE16/072; PE16/076] Group: Eldamo. Published by