Eldamo : Noldorin : gem

N. gem adj. “sickly” (Category: Sick; Sickness)

N. gem, adj. “sickly” (Category: Sick; Sickness): G. cwanc “sickly, poorly, seedy”

An adjective for “sickly” in The Etymologies of the 1930s from the root ᴹ√GENG-WA “sick” (Ety/GENG-WĀ), where the ancient cluster ngw became mb as usual in Noldorin and Sindarin.

Reference ✧ Ety/GENG-WĀ ✧ “sickly”

Element In

N. ingem “old (in mortal sense), suffering from old age, decrepit, (lit.) year-sick” ✧ Ety/GENG-WĀ

Cognates

ᴹQ. engwa¹ “sickly” ✧ Ety/GENG-WĀ

Derivations

< ᴹ√GENGWA “sick” ✧ Ety/GENG-WĀ (GENG-WĀ)
- < gemb < GENG-WĀ ✧ Ety/GENG-WĀ

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√GENG-WĀ > gemb > gem

[geŋgwā] > [gembā] > [gemba] > [gemb] > [gemb] > [gemm] > [gem]

✧ Ety/GENG-WĀ