S. #gwain¹ adj. “young, *new” (Category: Young)
This word, the cognate of Q. vinya, is directly attested in the form gwein in Definitive Linguistic Notes (DLN) of 1959 (PE17/191). Given its use in canonical names like Iarwain “Old-young” and Narwain “January, *New-fire”, it clearly should be gwain in modern speech since ei became ai in Sindarin except in non-final syllables. It is derived from the root √WIN, also meaning “young”.
Conceptual Development: The Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s had G. gân “young” (GL/37) and G. gwiw, gwion, gwiog “young” (GL/42), the latter based the early root ᴱ√gu̯iu̯ or ᴱ√guı̯u̯. The Etymologies of the 1930s has N. {bîn >>} gwîn “young”, reflecting a change of the root from ᴹ√GWIN “new, fresh” to ᴹ√WINI “new, fresh, young” (EtyAC/GWIN; EtyAC/WIR).
Neo-Sindarin: For purposes of Neo-Sindarin, the word gwain might also be use to mean “*new” = “of little age” like its Quenya cognate vinya. Compare also [ᴺS.] sain “new” = “of the current time”. See those entries for discussion.
References ✧ PE17/191; SA/iaur
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| #wain | soft-mutation; gw-mutation | ✧ SA/iaur |
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| √WIN > gwein | [winjā] > [winja] > [gwinja] > [gwenja] > [gwenia] > [gweni] > [gwein] > [gwain] | ✧ PE17/191 |
N. gwîn¹ adj. “young” (Category: Young)
References ✧ EtyAC/GWIN, WIR
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| ᴹ√GWIN > bîn | [gwinje] > [binje] > [binie] > [bini] > [bin] > [bīn] | ✧ EtyAC/GWIN |
| ᴹ√WINI > gwîn | [winje] > [gwinje] > [gwinie] > [gwini] > [gwin] > [gwīn] | ✧ EtyAC/WIR |
G. gân adj. “young” (Category: Young)
Reference ✧ GL/37 ✧ Gân “young”
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