Qenya
veasse
noun. vigour
Elements
Word Gloss vea “adult, manly, vigorous, adult; vigorous, manly” -sse “abstract noun”
vea
noun. sea
Derivations
Element in
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ✶vaı̯ā > vea [vajā] > [vea] ✧ PE21/17 Variations
- vea ✧ PE21/08; PE21/17
earen
noun. sea
aire
noun. sea
Changes
aire→ airen “sea” ✧ PE22/023Cognates
- N. oer “sea” ✧ Ety/AY
Derivations
- ᴹ√AY(AR) “sea” ✧ Ety/AY
Element in
- ᴹQ. Alataire “Great Sea” ✧ Ety/AY
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√AI̯R > aire [aira] ✧ Ety/AY
airen
noun. sea
Derivations
- ᴹ√AY(AR) “sea” ✧ Ety/AY
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√AI̯R > airen [airen] ✧ Ety/AY
A word for “vigour” in The Etymologies of the 1930s, a noun form of vea “adult, manly, vigorous” under the root ᴹ√WEG “(manly) vigour” (Ety/WEG). In later writings, √WEG was glossed “live, be active”, and so derivatives having to do with “vigour” remain plausible (PE17/189).