Early Quenya
vesta-
verb. to wed, marry, join others in marriage; (refl.) to get married
Cognates
- G. benna- “to wed”
Derivations
- ᴱ√VEÐE ✧ QL/101
Element in
- Eq. vestale “wedding” ✧ QL/101
- Eq. vestanoina “related by marriage” ✧ QL/101
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√VEŘE > vesta- [βeðta-] > [veðta-] > [veθta-] > [vesta-] ✧ QL/101
kainu-
verb. to wed
(a)kainu-
verb. to wed
Derivations
- ᴱ√KAYA “lie, rest; dwell” ✧ QL/046
Element in
- Eq. (a)kainusta “wedding, marriage” ✧ QL/046
Variations
- kainu- ✧ QL/046 (kainu-)
- akainu- ✧ QL/046 (akainu-)
A verb for “to wed” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with variants kainu- and akainu- under the early root ᴱ√KAYA “lie, rest; dwell”, so perhaps originally meaning “✱to come to lie together”, but Tolkien marked the entire entry with a “?” (QL/46).