[√]ᴺ√GWEN root. “fresh, *green; ⚠️fair, unblemished, beautiful”

[√]ᴺ√GWEN root. “fresh, *green; ⚠️fair, unblemished, beautiful”

Derivatives

• ⇒ ᴺQ. !wenwa “lime (fruit)”

√GWEN root. “fair, beautiful; (probably originally) fresh, fair, unblemished (especially of beauty of youth)”

Reference ✧ PE17/191 ✧ “fair, beautiful; (probably originally) fresh, fair, unblemished (especially of beauty of youth)”

Related

• GWEN “fair, beautiful; (probably originally) fresh, fair, unblemished (especially of beauty of youth)” may in the sense “fair” be replaced by (G)WAN “pale, fair”
• WEN(ED) “maiden, girl, virgin; woman” is perhaps derived from GWEN “fair, beautiful; (probably originally) fresh, fair, unblemished (especially of beauty of youth)”

Changes

• GWEN “fair, beautiful; (probably originally) fresh, fair, unblemished (especially of beauty of youth)” >> WEN-ED “girl, virgin, maiden” ✧ PE17/191

Derivatives

• > ✶gwenyā “fair, beautiful” ✧ PE17/191
  • > Q. wenya “fair, beautiful” ✧ PE17/191
  • > S. bain “fair, beautiful; fair-haired; good, wholesome, favorable” ✧ PE17/191
    • ⇒ ᴺS. !banath “beauty”
    • ⇒ ᴺS. !baneth “beauty”
    • ⇒ ᴺS. !beinas “beauty”
• > Q. wendë “maiden, *virgin” ✧ PE17/191
  • ⇒ 8 compounds
• ⇒ S. Eledhwen “Elfsheen, Elven-fair”

ᴹ√GWEN root. “*fresh, green”

References ✧ Ety/GWEN, WEN; EtyAC/GWIN

Related

• GWEN is distinct from WEN(ED) ✧ Ety/GWEN
• GWEN is possibly an alternate stem for WEN “maiden” ✧ Ety/WEN
• GWIN “new, fresh” ✧ EtyAC/GWIN

Derivatives

• > Ilk. gwên “greenness” ✧ Ety/GWEN
• > Ilk. gwene “green” ✧ Ety/GWEN
  • ⇒ Ilk. Duilwen ✧ Ety/GWEN
• > ᴹQ. wén “greenness, freshness; youth” ✧ Ety/GWEN
• > ᴹQ. wenya “green, yellow-green, fresh” ✧ Ety/GWEN
• > N. bein “fair, beautiful” ✧ Ety/GWEN
  • ⇒ N. Banwen “Vana”