vinyarë

noun. youth, youth, *young adulthood

Elements

Word	Gloss
vinya	“young, new”
-rë	“abstract noun”

vínë

youth

vínë noun "youth" (probably as abstract) (VT47:26, PE17:191)

vínë

noun. youth, youth, *childhood

Cognates

• S. gwîn “youth” ✧ PE17/191

Derivations

• √WIN “young, young, [ᴹ√] new, fresh” ✧ PE17/191; VT47/26

Element in

• Q. vinimetta “end of youth, end of youth, *reaching middle age”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√WIN > vínë	[wīne] > [βīne] > [vīne]	✧ PE17/191

Variations

• víne ✧ VT47/26

vírië

youth

vírië noun "youth" (as abstract) (VT46:22)

nessë

youth

nessë noun "youth"; also nésë (NETH)

nésë

youth

nésë (Þ) noun "youth", also nessë (NETH). Not to be confused with nésë "he was"; see ná #1.

laisi

youth, vigour, new life

laisi, laito noun "youth, vigour, new life" (LT1:267; rather vië or nésë, nessë in Tolkien's later Quenya)