√GWAL root. “be stirred, excited; emotion, movement of feelings”
- √GWAL root. “be stirred, excited; emotion, movement of feelings”
- ᴱ√GWALA¹ “*brown”
- ?ᴱ√IKI
- ᴱ√QIPI “*awaken”
This root appeared in a couple different notes from the late 1950s, as {√GWAL} >> √WAL “emotion, movement of feelings” in one (PE17/189) and as √GWAL “be stirred, excited” in the other (PE17/154). However, its one Sindarin derivative balch “fierce, ferocious” (PE17/154) requires the primitive form be √GWAL, since it demonstrates the Ancient Telerin sound change whereby labialized velars became labials (gw > b). This is further supported by the prevalence of w-forms in its Quenya derivations, since primitive ✶gw- would have remained w- for longer in Quenya (PE19/75).
References ✧ PE17/145, 154, 189
Glosses
Variations
Related
- GWAL “be stirred, excited” coalesced in Sindarin with BAL “have power” ✧ PE17/154
- GWAL “be stirred, excited” died out in Sindarin except in S. balch “fierce, ferocious” ✧ PE17/154
- (Ñ)GWAL “suffer torment” is possibly a variant of GWAL “be stirred, excited; emotion, movement of feelings”
Derivatives
- > ᴺS. !balf “excitement, emotion”
- > ᴺS. !baltha- “to excite, rouse, stir up, agitate”
- > ✶walka “fierce, ferocious” ✧ PE17/154
- > ✶walna “excited, wild” ✧ PE17/154
- > Q. avalda “move[d], stirred, excited” ✧ PE17/189
- > Q. valmë “excitement, emotion” ✧ PE17/154; PE17/189
- > Q. valta- “to excite, rouse, stir up” ✧ PE17/154
- > Q. valya- “to be excited (moved)” ✧ PE17/154