N. gwilith n. “air (as a region)” (Category: Air, Ether)
An abstract noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “air as a region” under the root ᴹ√WIL (Ety/WIL). In other words, you breath N. gwelw (ᴺS. gwelu) “air as a substance”, but birds fly through gwilith, basically making it the lower sky below the clouds.
Conceptual Development: In Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, G. gwilith was “a breeze” (GL/45).
Reference ✧ Ety/WIL ✧ “air (as a region)”
Related
Elements
| ᴹ√WIL | “fly, float in air” |
| #-th | “abstract noun” |
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
| ᴹ√WIL > gwilith | [wilitte] > [wilittʰe] > [wiliθθe] > [gwiliθθe] > [gwiliθθ] > [gwiliθ] | ✧ Ety/WIL |
G. gwilith n. “breeze” (Category: Breeze)
References ✧ GL/23, 45; LT1A/Vilna
Glosses
Elements
| ᴱ√GWILI¹ | ✧ GL/45 (‽gu̯il); LT1A/Vilna |
| #-(o)th | ✧ GL/45 (#-ith) |