Primitive elvish

wel

root. *boil, bubble

Derivatives

  • ᴺQ. vel- “to boil, bubble”
  • ᴺQ. velet “boil, tumor”
  • ᴺQ. velva “boiling, bubbling”
  • ᴺQ. velvë “bubble”
  • ᴺS. gwel- “to boil, bubble (intr.)”
  • ᴺS. gwelch “bubble”
  • ᴺS. gweleb “cool, fresh (esp. of water)”
  • ᴺS. gweltha- “to squeeze, press”

Element in

  • ᴺQ. velyávë “gourd, Cucurbitaceae, the gourd family”
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Early Primitive Elvish

gwele

root. *boil, bubble

A root in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with derivatives like ᴱQ. wele-/G. gwel- “to boil, bubble” and ᴱQ. welbe/G. gwelc “bubble” (QL/103; GL/44). There are no signs of this root in Tolkien’s later writing, but I think it is worth retaining this root for the purposes of Neo-Eldarin, since there are no other good candidates for “boil” words elsewhere in the published corpus. I’d update the form to ᴺ√WEL, however, otherwise the (Neo) Sindarin forms would begin with b-.

Changes

  • WELE → GWELE ✧ QL/103

Derivatives

  • Eq. wele- “to boil, bubble” ✧ QL/103
  • Eq. welet “boil, tumor” ✧ QL/103
  • Eq. welba “boiling, bubbling” ✧ QL/103
  • Eq. welbe “bubble” ✧ QL/103
  • Eq. welwe “spring” ✧ QL/103
  • G. gwel- “to boil, bubble (intr.)”
  • G. gwelc “bubble”
  • G. gweleb “cool, fresh (esp. of water)”
  • G. gwelwi “spring of water”

Variations

  • WELE ✧ QL/103 (WELE)
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