Qenya
véne
noun. girl
Derivations
Element in
- ᴹQ. venesse “virginity” ✧ Ety/WEN
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ✶wen- > wéne > véne [wēne] > [vēne] ✧ Ety/WEN
venesse
noun. virginity
Cognates
- N. gweneth “virginity” ✧ Ety/WEN
Elements
Word Gloss véne “girl” -sse “abstract noun”
A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “virginity”, an abstract noun form of ᴹQ. véne which seems to mean “girl” or “maiden”, both appearing under the root ᴹ√WEN-ED “maiden” (Ety/WEN).