Qenya
vende
noun. maiden, maid
Cognates
- N. gwenn “maiden” ✧ Ety/WEN
Derivations
- ᴹ√WEN(ED) “maiden” ✧ Ety/GWEN; Ety/WEN
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√WEN(ED) > wende [gwende] > [ɣwende] > [wende] ✧ Ety/GWEN ᴹ√WENED > wende > vende [gwende] > [ɣwende] > [wende] > [vende] ✧ Ety/WEN Variations
- wende ✧ Ety/GWEN; EtyAC/GWEN
wende
noun. maiden, maid
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).