Eldamo : Middle Primitive Elvish : WAƷ

ᴹ√WAƷ root. “stain, soil”

ᴹ√WAƷ root. “stain, soil”

A root in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “stain, soil” with derivatives like ᴹQ. vakse/N. gwass “stain” and ᴹQ. vára/N. gwaur “soiled, dirty” (Ety/WAƷ). Tolkien also gave it an alternate form ᴹ√VAG (EtyAC/WAƷ). The 1930s name N. Iarwath or Iarwaeth “Blood-stained” was based on this root (Ety/WAƷ, YAR; WJ/83). In the 1950s Tolkien change this name to S. Agarwaen (WJ/142), and the second element of this name (S. *gwaen) might still be based on ᴹ√WAƷ.

References ✧ Ety/WAƷ, YAR; EtyAC/WAƷ

Glosses

“stain, soil” ✧ Ety/WAƷ

Variations

WAƷ ✧ Ety/WAƷ; Ety/YAR
VAG ✧ EtyAC/WAƷ

VAG alternate of WAƷ “stain, soil” ✧ EtyAC/WAƷ

Derivatives

> ᴹ✶wahsē “stain” ✧ Ety/WAƷ
- > ᴹQ. vakse “stain” ✧ Ety/WAƷ
- > ON. wasse “stain” ✧ Ety/WAƷ
  - > N. gwass “stain” ✧ Ety/WAƷ
> ᴹ✶wahtā- “to soil, stain” ✧ Ety/WAƷ
- > Ilk. góda- “to soil, stain” ✧ Ety/WAƷ
- > ᴹQ. vahta- “to soil, stain” ✧ Ety/WAƷ
  - ⇒ ᴺQ. !alavahtaina “undefiled”
- > ON. watta- “to soil, stain” ✧ Ety/WAƷ
  - > N. gwatha- “to soil, stain” ✧ Ety/WAƷ
> ᴹ✶wahtē “a stain” ✧ Ety/WAƷ
- > Ilk. gôd “dirtiness, filth” ✧ Ety/WAƷ
- > ON. watte “a stain” ✧ Ety/WAƷ
  - > N. gwath² “stain” ✧ Ety/WAƷ
    - ⇒ N. Iarwath “Blood-stained” ✧ Ety/WAƷ
> ᴹ✶waʒrā “soiled, dirty” ✧ Ety/WAƷ
- > Ilk. gôr “soiled, dirty” ✧ Ety/WAƷ
- > ᴹQ. vára “soiled, dirty” ✧ Ety/WAƷ
  - ⇒ ᴺQ. !váravalmë “scandal”
- > ON. wōra “soiled, dirty” ✧ Ety/WAƷ
  - > N. gwaur “soiled, dirty” ✧ Ety/WAƷ
⇒ N. Iarwath “Blood-stained” ✧ Ety/YAR
> S. #gwaen “stained”
- ⇒ S. Agarwaen “Blood-stained” ✧ S/210