Eldamo : Early Primitive Elvish : GWESE

#ᴱ√GWESE root. “greet, welcome”

⚠️#ᴱ√GWESE root. “greet, welcome”: √NATH “welcome, be kind to”

A (Gnomish-only?) root implicit in the verb G. gwes- from the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, with other derivatives like G. gwest “greeting, welcome, salute”, G. gwesol “affable”, and G. gwîs “entertainment” (GL/46-47). There are no signs of this root in Tolkien’s later writing. The later root √NATH “welcome, be kind to” seems to have a similar meaning.

Reference ✧ GL/46 ✧ #gwes-

Derivatives

> G. gwes- “to greet, welcome” ✧ GL/46
- ⇒ G. gwesol “affable” ✧ GL/47
- ⇒ G. gwesta- “to entertain” ✧ GL/47
- ⇒ G. gwethlir “song of welcome” ✧ GL/47
> G. gwest¹ “greeting, welcome, salute” ✧ GL/47
- ⇒ G. gwethrin “welcome, acceptable” ✧ GL/47
  - ⇒ G. maiwethrin “welcome” ✧ GL/56
- ⇒ G. maiwest “welcome” ✧ GL/56
> G. gwîs “entertainment” ✧ GL/47