Eldamo : Early Quenya : elwen

ᴱQ. elwen n. “heart” (Category: Heart)

⚠️ᴱQ. elwen, n. “heart” (Category: Heart): Q. hón “heart (physical organ)”

A word appearing as ᴱQ. Elben “heart” in the Name-list to the Fall of Gondolin of the 1910s (LT2/202; PE15/23), but as ᴱQ. Elwen “heart” in the contemporaneous Qenya Lexicon under the early root ᴱ√LEFE (QL/35, 52). These words were connected to the character G. Elfrith who vanished from later versions of the Legendarium.

References ✧ LT1A/Ilverin; LT2/202; PE15/23; QL/35, 52

Glosses

“heart” ✧ LT1A/Ilverin; LT2/202 (Elben); PE15/23 (Elben); QL/35; QL/52

Variations

elwen ✧ LT1A/Ilverin; QL/35; QL/52
Elben ✧ LT2/202; PE15/23

Elwen “heart” compare to lepsa ✧ QL/35

Element In

ᴱQ. Elwenil(do) “Littleheart” ✧ LT1A/Ilverin (Elwenildo); LT2/202 (Elbenil)

Cognates

G. ilf “heart” ✧ LT1A/Ilverin
G. elf “heart” ✧ LT2/202; PE15/23

Derivations

< ᴱ√LEFE¹ “*heart” ✧ QL/35; QL/52 (‽LEFE)

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√LEFE > Elwen	[elɸen] > [elβen] > [elwen]	✧ QL/35
‽ᴱ√LEFE > elwen	[elɸen] > [elβen] > [elwen]	✧ QL/52