S. gwain² adj. “fair-haired (yellow to golden)” (Category: Hair (other))

S. gwain², adj. “fair-haired (yellow to golden), *blond” (Category: Hair (other))

Reference ✧ PE17/150 ✧ gwain “fair-haired (yellow to golden)”

Cognates

• Q. vanya “fair, beautiful, unmarred; fair-haired (yellow to golden)” ✧ PE17/150

Derivations

• < ✶wanya “fair-haired (yellow to golden)” ✧ PE17/150
  • < √(G)WAN “pale, fair” ✧ PE17/150 (WAN); PE17/150 (WAN)

Phonetic Developments

✶wanya > gwain

[wanja] > [gwanja] > [gwania] > [gwenia] > [gweni] > [gwein] > [gwain]

✧ PE17/150

S. gwân adj. “pale, fair”

Reference ✧ PE17/165 ✧ “pale, fair”

Cognates

• Q. vanya “fair, beautiful, unmarred; fair-haired (yellow to golden)” ✧ PE17/165 (vanya); PE17/165 (†wana)

Derivations

• < √(G)WAN “pale, fair” ✧ PE17/165 (GWAN)

Phonetic Developments

√GWAN > gwân

[gwana] > [gwan] > [gwān]

✧ PE17/165

G. gwandreth n. “beauty” (Category: Beautiful)

References ✧ GG/11; GL/44

Glosses

• “beauty” ✧ GL/44

Variations

• gwandreth ✧ GL/44
• gwanwen ✧ GL/44
• gwanweth ✧ GL/44

Inflections

waneth

soft-mutation; gw-mutation

“beauty”

✧ GG/11

Elements

gwandra	“beautiful”	✧ GL/44
#-(o)th	“abstract noun”	✧ GL/44 (#-eth)

Element In

• G. i·waneth na·dalwint gloss an Idril “the beauty of the white feet of Idril” ✧ GG/11