Eldamo : Sindarin : gwain¹

S. #gwain¹ adj. “young, *new” (Category: Young)

S. #gwain¹, adj. “young, *new” (Category: Young): G. gân “young”; G. gwiw “young”

This word, the cognate of Q. vinya, is attested only in the form gwein (PE17/191). As elements of the canonical names Iarwain “Old-young” and Narwain “January, *New-fire”, it clearly should be gwain. Perhaps the form gwein uses the older, Noldorin phonology, as N. gweith >> S. gwaith and N. teith >> S. taith. @@@

References ✧ PE17/191; SA/iaur

Glosses

“young” ✧ PE17/191 (gwein)

Variations

gwein ✧ PE17/191

Inflections

#wain

soft-mutation; gw-mutation

✧ SA/iaur

Element In

S. Gwinion “Young-land”
S. Narwain “January, *(lit.) New Fire”
S. Iarwain “Old-young” ✧ SA/iaur

Cognates

Q. vinya “young, new” ✧ PE17/191

Derivations

< √WIN “young” ✧ PE17/191

Phonetic Developments

√WIN > gwein

[winjā] > [winja] > [gwinja] > [gwenja] > [gwenia] > [gweni] > [gwein] > [gwain]

✧ PE17/191

N. gwîn¹ adj. “young” (Category: Young)

References ✧ EtyAC/GWIN, WIR

Glosses

“new, fresh, young” ✧ EtyAC/GWIN (bîn)
“young” ✧ EtyAC/WIR

Variations

gwîn ✧ EtyAC/WIR; EtyAC/GWIN (gwîn)
bîn ✧ EtyAC/GWIN

gwîn¹ “young” may in this form have become a noun S. gwîn “youth”

Changes

gwîn >> bîn “new, fresh, young” ✧ EtyAC/GWIN

Cognates

ᴹQ. vinya¹ “young, new” ✧ EtyAC/GWIN (winya); EtyAC/GWIN (vinya); EtyAC/WIR

Derivations

< ᴹ√WIN “new, fresh, young” ✧ EtyAC/GWIN (GWIN); EtyAC/WIR (WINI)

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√GWIN > bîn	[gwinje] > [binje] > [binie] > [bini] > [bin] > [bīn]	✧ EtyAC/GWIN
ᴹ√WINI > gwîn	[winje] > [gwinje] > [gwinie] > [gwini] > [gwin] > [gwīn]	✧ EtyAC/WIR