Eldamo : Neo-Primitive Elvish : WEB

[ᴱ]^ᴺ√WEB root. “*worm”

[ᴱ]^ᴺ√WEB root. “*worm”

See ᴱ√GWEVE for discussion.

Derivatives

> ᴺQ. ^vembë “worm”
- ⇒ ᴺQ. ^ulumpembë “caterpillar, (lit.) camel worm”
> ᴺS. gwef “louse”
> ᴺS. gwem “worm”
- ⇒ ᴺS. ^gwemmel “weevil”

ᴱ√GWEVE root. “*worm”

A root in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with derivatives like ᴱQ. wembe/G. gwem “worm” (QL/103, GL/45). There are no signs of this root in Tolkien’s later writing. It might be worth retaining this root for the purposes of Neo-Eldarin (as ᴺ√WEB) to salvage some of its early derivatives; there is the much later root √LEWEK “worm” (PE17/160), but its derivatives (particularly in Quenya) seem to have more do to with snakes than insects.

Reference ✧ QL/103

Derivatives

> ᴱQ. wembe “worm” ✧ QL/103
> ᴱQ. wembil “worm” ✧ QL/103
> G. gwef “louse”
> G. gwem “worm”
- ⇒ G. gwembel “weevil” ✧ GL/45