Eldamo : Gnomish : gwaidhin

G. gwaidhin n. “web” (Category: Spider)

⚠️G. gwaidhin, n. “web” (Category: Spider): ᴺS. ^lhing “spider’s web, cobweb; ⚠️spider”

A word for “web” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, derived from the early root ᴱ√gu̯iđ and related to G. gwidh- “weave” (GL/46). It had a deleted variant gwaith².

References ✧ GL/46

Glosses

“web” ✧ GL/46

Variations

gwaidhin ✧ GL/46
gwaith² ✧ GL/46

Changes

gwaith² >> gwaidhin “web” ✧ GL/46

Derivations

< ᴱ√GWIÐI “*plait, weave” ✧ GL/46 (gu̯iđ); GL/46 (gu̯iđ)

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√gu̯iđ > gwaidhin	[gʷīðin] > [gʷaiðin]	✧ GL/46
ᴱ√gu̯iđ > gwaith²	[gʷīð] > [gʷaið] > [gʷaiθ]	✧ GL/46