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S. -wen suf. “maiden, *female suffix” (Category: Female)

S. -wen, suf. “maiden, *female suffix” (Category: Female)

A common feminine suffix in Sindarin (SA/wen; PE17/190), a reduction of S. gwend “maiden” in compounds; see that entry for more examples.

Conceptual Development: In the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s the common female suffix was G. -win based on G. gwin “woman”, though Tolkien mentioned a variant -wein in Gnomish Lexicon Slips revising that document (PPE13/118). By the Noldorin of the 1930s, the usual suffix was -wen from N. gwenn “maiden”, and Tolkien seems to have stuck with it thereafter, as noted above.

Reference ✧ SA/wen ✧ wen “maiden”

Elements

gwend “maiden”

Element In

Cognates

Derivations

Phonetic Developments

wen > wen [-wende] > [-wend] > [-wenn] > [-wen] ✧ SA/wen

G. -win suf. “*female suffix” (Category: Female)

See S. -wen for discussion.

References ✧ GL/24, 28, 31, 34-35, 42, 44; PE13/118

Variations

Related

Inflections

-winith plural ✧ PE13/118

Elements

gwin “woman, female” soft-mutation ✧ PE13/118 (gwein); PE13/118; PE13/118; PE13/118; PE13/118 (gwein)

Element In