Eldamo : Gnomish : gwaid

G. gwaid n. “kinsmen, relations; companion” (Category: Relative)

⚠️G. gwaid, n. “kinsmen, relations; companion” (Category: Relative): N. gwanur “kinsman, kinswoman”; N. gwador “(sworn) brother, associate”; N. gwathel “[sworn] sister, associate [f.]”

A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s appearing as {gwâd >>} gwaid “kinsman, relations” derived from primitive ᴱ✶ŋuaʒet- = gwa- “together” + ged “†kinsman”, with a secondary meaning of “companion” (GL/43).

References ✧ GL/43, 48

Glosses

“kinsmen, relations; companion” ✧ GL/43

Variations

gwaid ✧ GL/43; GL/48
gwâd ✧ GL/43

gwaid “kinsmen, relations; companion” cp. ged ✧ GL/43

Changes

gwâd >> gwaid “kinsmen, relations; companion” ✧ GL/43

Inflections

waid

soft-mutation; gw-mutation

✧ GL/48

Element In

G. hauthwaid “consort, wife or husband” ✧ GL/48

Derivations

< ᴱ✶ŋuaʒet- ✧ GL/43
- < gwa’ed < ŋuaʒet- ✧ GL/43

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ✶ŋuaʒet- > gwa’ed > gwaid

[ŋʷaɣet] > [ŋgʷaɣet] > [gʷaɣet] > [gʷaɣed] > [gʷaed] > [gʷaid]

✧ GL/43