Q. vehtë n. “life; habitat, haunt” (Category: to Live; Living; Life)

Q. vehtë, n. “life; habitat, haunt” (Category: to Live; Living; Life)

References ✧ PE17/189-190

Glosses

• “life; habitat, haunt” ✧ PE17/189

Related

• vehte “life; habitat, haunt” so Beleriand might be described as an Eldavehte “a habitation, haunt or place occupied by Eldar” ✧ PE17/189

Changes

• vehte >> vehte “life; habitat, haunt” ✧ PE17/190

Element In

• ᴺQ. !lómivehtë “night life”
• Q. vehtequentalë “biography” ✧ PE17/189
• Q. Eldavehtë “a habitation, haunt or place occupied by Eldar” ✧ PE17/189

Cognates

• S. gwaith “people; region” ✧ PE17/190 (-waith)

Derivations

• < √WEG “live, be active” ✧ PE17/190 (WE’E)
  • < wehte < we’te < WE’E ✧ PE17/190
• < ✶wegtē “activity, occupation” ✧ PE17/189 (weg-tē)
  • < √WEG “live, be active” ✧ PE17/189

Phonetic Developments

✶weg-tē > vehte	[wegtē] > [wektē] > [βektē] > [βextē] > [βexte] > [vexte]	✧ PE17/189
√WE’E > we’te > wehte > vehte	[weɣtē] > [wextē] > [βextē] > [βexte] > [vexte]	✧ PE17/190