Q. vangwë n. “storm; blow” (Category: Storm)
A word for “storm” in notes from around 1957, derived from primitive ✶wagmē based on the root √WĀ as the “echoic” representation of the sound of wind (NM/237). In Quenya Notes (QN) from around the same time, Tolkien had vangwe (of the same basic derivation) with the gloss “blow” (PE17/34).
Conceptual Development: A likely precursor is ᴱQ. ’wanwa “great gale” the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, a derivative of the early root ᴱ√GWĀ (QL/102).
Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya, I think the sense “storm” is more useful than “blow”.
References ✧ NM/237; PE17/34
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Phonetic Developments
| ✶wagmē > vangwë | [wagmē] > [waŋmē] > [waŋgwē] > [βaŋgwē] > [βaŋgwe] > [vaŋgwe] | ✧ NM/237 |
| ✶wagme > vangwe | [wagme] > [waŋme] > [waŋgwe] > [βaŋgwe] > [vaŋgwe] | ✧ PE17/34 |
ᴱQ. wanwa n. “great gale” (Category: Storm)
References ✧ LT1A/Súlimo; QL/102
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Phonetic Developments
| ᴱ√GWĀ > ’wanwa | [gʷanwā] > [gʷanwa] > [wanwa] | ✧ QL/102 |