G. gwin n. “woman, female” (Category: Woman)

⚠️G. gwin, n. “woman, female” (Category: Woman)

N. †dî “woman, bride, lady”

S. gwend “maiden, *young woman”

References ✧ GG/9; GL/39, 45; PE13/118

Glosses

• “woman” ✧ GL/45 (gwin (gwind))
• “woman, female” ✧ GL/45

Variations

• gwin ✧ GL/39; GL/45; PE13/118; PE13/118
• gwin (gwind) ✧ GL/45
• gwein ✧ PE13/118; PE13/118; PE13/118
• guin ✧ PE13/118
• gwyn ✧ PE13/118

Related

• giothra- “germinate, be conceived” cp. gwin ✧ GL/39

Changes

• gwin (gwind) “woman” >> gwin “woman, female” ✧ GL/45

Inflections

gwinias	plural		✧ PE13/118
gwinieis	plural		✧ PE13/118
gwinin	plural		✧ GL/45
gwinis	plural		✧ PE13/118
winin	soft-mutation plural; gw-mutation	“women”	✧ GG/9

Element In

• G. -win “*female suffix” ✧ PE13/118 (-wein); PE13/118; PE13/118; PE13/118 (-winith); PE13/118 (-wein)
• G. gwindod “elder tree; elderberry” ✧ GL/45
• G. gwiniel “lady” ✧ GL/45
• G. gwiniol “feminine” ✧ GL/45
• G. gwinios “womanhood (time or state)” ✧ GL/45
• G. gwinlaith “womanhood (time)” ✧ GL/45
• G. gwinwed “female” ✧ GL/45
• G. gwinweth “female sex, womanhood (state)” ✧ GL/45
• G. i·winin na gwandron “women are beautiful” ✧ GG/9

Cognates

• ᴱQ. venya “womanl[y]” ✧ PE13/118
• ᴱQ. qin¹ “woman, female”

Derivations

• < ᴱ√GIWI “*germinate, impregnate” ✧ GL/45 (giu̯i)
• < ᴱ✶u̯einā́ ✧ PE13/118
  • < ᴱ√GWENE¹ “*maiden; woman” ✧ PE13/118 (u̯enĭ-)
• < ᴱ√GWENE¹ “*maiden; woman” ✧ PE13/118 (u̯enĭ-)

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√giu̯i > gwin	[giwini] ? [gʷini] > [gʷin]	✧ GL/45
ᴱ√u̯enĭ- > gwein	[weni] !!! [gʷein]	✧ PE13/118
ᴱ✶u̯einā́ > guin	[weinā] !!! [guin]	✧ PE13/118