Eldamo : Early Primitive Elvish : GWELE

ᴱ√GWELE root. “boil, bubble”

A root in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “boil, bubble” with derivatives like ᴱQ. wele-/G. gwel- “to boil, bubble” and ᴱQ. welbe/G. gwelc “bubble” (QL/103; GL/44). There are no signs of it in Tolkien’s later writing, but I think it is worth retaining for the purposes of Neo-Eldarin, since there are no other good candidates for “boil” words elsewhere in the published corpus.

References ✧ QL/103

Variations

GWELE ✧ QL/103
WELE ✧ QL/103

Changes

WELE >> GWELE; [per editors, probable revision] ✧ QL/103

Derivatives

> ᴱQ. welba “boiling, bubbling” ✧ QL/103
> ᴱQ. welbe “bubble” ✧ QL/103
> ᴱQ. wele- “to boil, bubble” ✧ QL/103
> ᴱQ. welet “boil, tumor” ✧ QL/103
> ᴱQ. welwe “spring” ✧ QL/103
> G. gwel- “to boil, bubble (intr.)”
- ⇒ G. gwelaith “boil, bubble” ✧ GL/44
- ⇒ G. gweltha- “to squeeze, press” ✧ GL/45
  - ⇒ G. mirwelthin “vintage” ✧ GL/45
> G. gwelc “bubble”
> G. gweleb “cool, fresh (esp. of water)”
> G. gwelwi “spring of water”