Eldamo : Middle Quenya : vaita-

ᴹQ. vaita- v. “to enfold” (Category: to Wind, Wrap)

ᴹQ. vaita-, v. “to enfold, [ᴱQ.] wrap” (Category: to Wind, Wrap): ᴺQ. !hap-² “to clothe, enfold”

A verb for “enfold” in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from the root ᴹ√WAY of similar meaning (Ety/WAY; EtyAC/WAY).

Conceptual Development: In the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, ᴱQ. vaita- was glossed “wrap” under the early root ᴱ√VAẎA “enfold, wind about” (QL/100).

Reference ✧ EtyAC/WAY ✧ “enfold”

Cognates

N. gwaeda- “to enfold” ✧ EtyAC/WAY (gwaedo)

Derivations

< ᴹ√WAY “enfold” ✧ Ety/WAY
- < waita- < WAY ✧ Ety/WAY

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√WAY > waita- > vaita-

[waita-] > [vaita-]

✧ EtyAC/WAY

ᴱQ. vaita- v. “to wrap” (Category: to Wind, Wrap)

See ᴹQ. vaita- for discussion.

References ✧ LT1A/Vai; QL/100

Glosses

“to wrap” ✧ LT1A/Vai
“wrap” ✧ QL/100

Cognates

G. baidha- “to clothe”

Derivations

< ᴱ√VAẎA “enfold, wind about” ✧ LT1A/Vai (VAYA); QL/100

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√VAẎA > vaita-

[βaðʲta-] > [vaðʲta-] > [vajta-] > [vaita-]

✧ QL/100