S. gwae n. “wind” (Category: Wind)
The normal Sindarin word for “wind”, usually appearing as gwae but sometimes as gwaew, most frequently derived from √WAY “blow” but also a bewildering variety of other roots (NM/237; PE17/33-34, 189); see the entry for √WĀ for further discussion.
Conceptual Development: The earliest form of this word was G. gwâ “wind” from both Gnomish Grammar and Gnomish Lexicon from the 1910s (GG/14; GL/43). The form ᴱN. gwá “wind” reappeared in Early Noldorin Word-lists from the 1920s (MC/217), but in the Nebrachar poem from circa 1930 the form was gwaew “wind” (MC/217). It was N. gwaew “wind” in The Etymologies of the 1930s from the root ᴹ√WAIWA (Ety/WĀ), and appeared a number of times in later writings as both gwae and (more rarely) gwaew, as noted above.
Neo-Sindarin: For purposes of Neo-Sindarin, I prefer using only gwae for “wind”, reserving gwaew for “storm”.
References ✧ NM/237; PE17/33-34, 189
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| ✶wā-yo > gwoe > gwae | [wājo] > [wǭjo] > [wǭio] > [woio] > [gwoio] > [gwoi] > [gwoe] ? [gwae] | ✧ NM/237 |
| √WAYA > gwae | [wajā] > [waja] > [waia] > [gwaia] > [gwai] > [gwae] | ✧ PE17/33 |
| ✶waiwe > gwae(w) | [waiwe] > [gwaiwe] > [gwaiw] > [gwaew] | ✧ PE17/33 |
| √WIW > gwae(w) | [waiwe] > [gwaiwe] > [gwaiw] > [gwaew] | ✧ PE17/34 |
| ✶wāyā > gwoe > gwae | [wājā] > [wāja] > [wǭja] > [wǭia] > [woia] > [gwoia] > [gwoi] > [gwoe] ? [gwae] | ✧ PE17/34 |
| √WAYA > Gwae | [wajā] > [waja] > [waia] > [gwaia] > [gwai] > [gwae] | ✧ PE17/189 |
N. gwaew n. “wind” (Category: Wind)
Reference ✧ Ety/WĀ ✧ “wind”
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| ᴹ√WAIWA > gwaew | [waiwa] > [gwaiwa] > [gwaiw] > [gwaew] | ✧ Ety/WĀ |
ᴱN. gwá n. “wind” (Category: Wind)
References ✧ MC/217; PE13/146
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| gwain | plural | ✧ PE13/146 |
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G. gwâ n. “wind” (Category: Wind)
References ✧ GG/14; GL/43; LT1A/Súlimo; PE15/26
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| gwa·lim | class-plural; declension-D | ✧ GG/14 |
| gwâr | dative; declension-D | ✧ GG/14 |
| no·wâlim | dative class-plural; declension-D | ✧ GG/14 |
| gwathir | dative plural; declension-D | ✧ GG/14 |
| gwân | genitive; declension-D | ✧ GG/14 |
| a·walim | genitive class-plural; declension-D | ✧ GG/14 |
| gwathon | genitive plural; declension-D | ✧ GG/14 |
| gwath | plural; declension-D | ✧ GG/14 |
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