ᴹQ. vil- [w] v. (basic-verb) “to fly” (Category: to Fly)
A verb given as {vilin >>} wilin “I fly” in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√WIL “fly, float in air” (Ety/WIL). Tolkien gave a past form ville that was allowed to stand even after {vilin >>} wilin.
Conceptual Development: The Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s had ᴱQ. ’wili- “sail, fly, float” under the early root ᴱ√GWILI (QL/104). The contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon had ᴱQ. vil- as the cognate to G. gwil- “sail, float, fly” (GL/45).
Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya, I would use the form vil- “to fly” in keeping with the general principle that w was pronounced and spelt v in modern Quenya; see the entry for [w] for discussion. For “sail, float” I would use other verbs such as [ᴱQ.] lut-.
References ✧ Ety/WIL
Changes
Inflections
| vilin | aorist 1st-sg | “I fly” | ✧ Ety/WIL |
| wilin | aorist 1st-sg | “I fly” | ✧ Ety/WIL |
| ville | past | ✧ Ety/WIL |
Element In
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
| ᴹ√WIL > vilin | [gwil-] > [ɣwil-] > [wil-] > [vil-] | ✧ Ety/WIL |
| ᴹ√WIL > wilin | [gwil-] > [ɣwil-] > [wil-] > [vil-] | ✧ Ety/WIL |
ᴱQ. wili- v. “to sail, fly, float” (Category: to Fly)
References ✧ GL/45; LT1A/Vilna; QL/104
Glosses
Variations
Related
Inflections
| wīle- | past | ✧ QL/104 |
Cognates
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
| ᴱ√GWILI > ’wili- | [gʷili-] > [wili-] | ✧ QL/104 |