Eldamo : Early Quenya : warda

ᴱQ. warda adj. “dead” (Category: to Die; Dead; Death)

⚠️ᴱQ. warda, adj. “dead” (Category: to Die; Dead; Death): ᴹQ. qualin “dead, ⚠️[ᴱQ.] dying”

An adjective for “dead” from the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√GWṚÐṚ “die” (QL/104), given as a cognate to G. gwarth “dead (only of persons)” in the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon (GL/44).

References ✧ GL/44; QL/104

Glosses

“dead” ✧ QL/104

Cognates

G. gwarth “dead (only of persons)” ✧ GL/44

Derivations

< ᴱ✶gwṝþa ✧ GL/44 (gu̯r̄́þa)
- < ᴱ√GWṚÐṚ “die”
< ᴱ√GWṚÐṚ “die” ✧ QL/104 (GWṚÐR)

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ✶gu̯r̄́þa > warda	[gʷṝθā] > [gʷṝθa] > [wṝθa] > [warθa] > [warða] > [warda]	✧ GL/44
ᴱ√GWṚÐR > warda	[gʷṝðā] > [gʷṝða] > [wṝða] > [warða] > [warda]	✧ QL/104