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G. gwethli n. “maiden, little girl” (Category: Girl)

⚠️G. gwethli, n. “maiden, little girl” (Category: Girl)
S. gwend “maiden, *young woman”
S. neth “(little) girl; ⚠️sister (diminutive)”

A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s given as G. {gwendi >>} gwethli “maiden, little girl”, derived from the root {ᴱ√gw̯ene >>} ᴱ√gu̯eđe, more specifically from primitive ᴱ✶gu̯eđeþlī (GL/45).

References ✧ GL/45

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ᴱ✶gu̯eđeþlī > gwethli [gʷeðeθlī] ? [gʷeθlī] > [gʷeθli] ✧ GL/45