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Early Quenya

wente

noun. brook, small river

A noun given the cognate of G. gwent “brook, small river” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s as a derivative of the root ᴱ√gu̯et (GL/46). Tolkien seems to have revised the primitive form to u̯et and the Qenya form to vente.

Changes

  • wente → vente ✧ GL/46

Cognates

  • G. gwent “brook, small river” ✧ GL/46

Derivations

  • ᴱ√GWETE “*wind, turn, bend” ✧ GL/46

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√gwed² > wente[gʷentē] > [gʷente] > [wente]✧ GL/46

Variations

  • vente ✧ GL/46
Early Quenya [GL/46] Group: Eldamo. Published by

vente

noun. brook, small river

wenda

noun. brook

A noun given as ’wenda “brook” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s derived from the root ᴱ√GWEÐE (QL/103).

Derivations

  • ᴱ√GWEÐE “*bend, loop” ✧ QL/103

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√GWEÐE > ’wenda[gʷenðā] > [gʷenða] > [gʷenda] > [wenda]✧ QL/103

Variations

  • ’wenda ✧ QL/103
Early Quenya [QL/103] Group: Eldamo. Published by