Eldamo : Middle Quenya : hwesta-

ᴹQ. hwesta- v. “to puff” (Category: to Blow)

ᴹQ. hwesta-, v. “to puff” (Category: to Blow): ᴱQ. pus- “to puff, snort”; ᴱQ. pusulta- “to puff out with one’s breath”

A verb in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “to puff” derived from primitive ᴹ✶swesta- under the root ᴹ√SWES “noise of blowing or breathing” (Ety/SWES).

Reference ✧ Ety/SWES ✧ “to puff”

Derivations

< ᴹ✶swesta- “to puff” ✧ Ety/SWES
- < ᴹ√SWES “noise of blowing or breathing” ✧ Ety/SWES

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ✶swesta- > hwesta-

[swesta-] > [w̥esta-]

✧ Ety/SWES