Eldamo : Gnomish : gwethli

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

Glosses

“maiden, little girl” ✧ GL/45

Variations

gwethli ✧ GL/45
gwendi ✧ GL/45

Changes

gwendi >> gwethli “maiden, little girl” ✧ GL/45

Derivations

< ᴱ✶gu̯eđeþlī “maiden, little girl” ✧ GL/45
- < ᴱ√GWENE¹ “*maiden; woman” ✧ GL/45 (gu̯eđe)

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ✶gu̯eđeþlī > gwethli

[gʷeðeθlī] ? [gʷeθlī] > [gʷeθli]

✧ GL/45