Eldamo : Neo-Sindarin : gwaren

ᴺS. [G.] gwaren n. “[nuclear] family” (Category: Family)

ᴺS. [G.] gwaren, n. “[nuclear] family” (Category: Family): G. eithlos “family”; G. renni “family”

See G. gwarin(n) for discussion.

gwaren “[nuclear] family” vs. S. nos(s) “family, kindred, clan, house; race, tribe, people”

Elements

S. go-	“together, co-, com-”
^ᴺ√RE(N)D	“kinsman, *cousin”

Cognates

ᴺQ. !orendë “(nuclear) family”

G. gwarin(n) n. “family” (Category: Family)

The word G. {gwaren >>} gwarin(n) “family” appeared in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, derived from primitive ᴱ✶ŋuarenđā (GL/44). It was a combination of G. gwa- “together” and G. renni “family” (GL/65), but it is not clear why the e became i in the compound.

Neo-Sindarin: For purposes of Neo-Sindarin I would adapt this word as ᴺS. gwaren as a combination of later prefix gwa- “together” and the Neo-Root ᴺ√RE(N)D “kin”. Furthermore, I would use it specifically for a nuclear family (just the parents and children), as opposed to S. nos(s) which seems to refer to an extended family or clan.

References ✧ GL/44, 65

Glosses

“family” ✧ GL/44

Variations

gwarin(n) ✧ GL/44
gwaren ✧ GL/65; GL/44 (gwaren)
gwarin ✧ GL/65

†rest² “kinship” cp. gwaren ✧ GL/65
renni “a family” = gwarin ✧ GL/65

Changes

gwaren >> gwarin(n) “family” ✧ GL/44

Derivations

< ᴱ✶ŋuarenđā “family” ✧ GL/44

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ✶ŋuarenđā > gwarin(n)

[ŋʷarenðā] > [ŋgʷarenðā] > [gʷarenðā] > [gʷarenða] > [gʷarenda] > [gʷarenna] > [gʷaren] ? [gʷarin]

✧ GL/44