Eldamo : Noldorin : chwest

N. chwest n. “puff, breath, breeze” (Category: Breeze)

⚠️N. chwest, n. “puff, breath, breeze” (Category: Breeze): ᴺS. ^hwest “puff, breath, breeze”

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s appearing as N. chwest “puff, breath, breeze” (ON. hwesta) from the root ᴹ√SWES “noise of blowing or breathing” (Ety/SWES).

Neo-Sindarin: If adapted to Neo-Sindarin, this word would be ᴺS. hwest as suggested in Hiswelókë’s Sindarin Dictionary (HSD). Its Quenya cognate Q. hwesta “breeze” appeared in The Lord of the Rings Appendix E (LotR/1123), indicating this word’s ongoing validity.

Reference ✧ Ety/SWES ✧ “puff, breath, breeze”

Cognates

ᴹQ. hwesta “breeze, breath, puff of air” ✧ Ety/SWES
ON. hwesta “puff, breath, breeze” ✧ Ety/SWES

Derivations

< ON. hwesta “puff, breath, breeze” ✧ Ety/SWES
- < ᴹ√SWES “noise of blowing or breathing” ✧ Ety/SWES

Phonetic Developments

ON. hwesta > chwest

[w̥esta] > [xwesta] > [xwest]

✧ Ety/SWES