Eldamo : Gnomish : gwen(n)

G. gwen(n) adj. “big, large; fine” (Category: Big, Large, Great)

⚠️G. gwen(n), adj. “big, large; fine” (Category: Big, Large, Great): S. daer¹ “great, large”; S. iaun “wide, extensive, large, roomy, vast, huge”

The Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s had G. gwen “large, big; fine” under an early root ᴱ√gwene-, while on another page it had variants gwent, gwenn “big, large; fine” (GL/45).

References ✧ GL/45

Glosses

“big, large; fine” ✧ GL/45 (gwent)
“large, big; fine” ✧ GL/45 (gwen)

Variations

gwen ✧ GL/45
gwent ✧ GL/45
gwenn ✧ GL/45

gwen “large, big; fine” cp. -wen ✧ GL/45

Element In

G. Bladorwen “Wide Earth, Mother Earth”
G. -wen² “*augmentative” ✧ GL/45

Derivations

< ᴱ√GWENE² “*large, wide” ✧ GL/45; GL/45

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√gwene- > gwen	[gwen]	✧ GL/45
ᴱ√gwene- > gwent	[gʷent] > [gʷenθ] > [gʷent]	✧ GL/45