Q. wenya adj. “fair, beautiful” (Category: Beautiful)

⚠️Q. wenya, adj. “fair, beautiful” (Category: Beautiful)

Q. vanya “fair, beautiful, unmarred; ⚠️fair-haired (yellow to golden); [ᴱQ.] good (not evil), holy”

ᴹQ. venya “green, yellow-green, fresh”

Reference ✧ PE17/191 ✧ “fair, beautiful”

Cognates

• S. bain “fair, beautiful; good, wholesome, favorable; fair-haired” ✧ PE17/191 (bain)

Derivations

• < ✶gwenyā “fair, beautiful” ✧ PE17/191 (gwenyā)
  • < √GWEN “fair, beautiful; (probably originally) fresh, fair, unblemished (especially of beauty of youth)” ✧ PE17/191 (GWEN)

Phonetic Developments

✶gwenyā > wenya

[gwenjā] > [ɣwenjā] > [wenjā] > [wenja]

✧ PE17/191