Eldamo : Gnomish : gwam

G. gwam n. “gust of wind” (Category: Wind)

⚠️G. gwam, n. “gust of wind” (Category: Wind): S. gwae “wind”

A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “a gust of wind” (GL/43), probably derived from the early root ᴱ√GWĀ as suggested by Christopher Tolkien (LT1A/Súlimo; QL/102).

References ✧ GL/43; LT1A/Súlimo

Glosses

“a gust of wind” ✧ GL/43
“gust of wind” ✧ LT1A/Súlimo

Element In

G. Gwanweg “Windy” ✧ GL/43; LT1A/Súlimo

Cognates

ᴱQ. wanwa “great gale”

Derivations

< ᴱ√GWĀ “*wind” ✧ LT1A/Súlimo

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√GWĀ > gwam

[gʷanwa] > [gʷanw] > [gʷam]

✧ LT1A/Súlimo