Eldamo : Neo-Sindarin : gwil-

ᴺS. [G.] gwil- v. “to fly, ⚠️sail, float” (Category: to Fly)

ᴺS. [G.] gwil-, v. “to fly, ⚠️sail, float” [created by Fiona Jallings, FJNS] (Category: to Fly): G. duila- “to fly”

See G. gwil- for discussion.

Element In

ᴺS. !gwilchair “airplane”

Derivations

< ᴹ√WIL “fly, float in air”

G. gwil- v. “to sail, float, fly” (Category: to Fly)

A verb appearing in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s as G. gwil-¹ “sail, float, fly” derived from ᴱ√gu̯il (GL/45). It was cognate to ᴱQ. vil- or ’wili- “sail, fly, float” (QL/104).

Neo-Sindarin: Since [ᴹQ.] vil- or wil- “fly” survived in Tolkien’s later writings (Ety/WIL), I would retain ᴺS. gwil- as well, but only for the sense “to fly”. For “float” and “sail” I would use other verbs like ᴺS. loda- “float” [N. lhoda-] and ᴺS. renia- “sail” [N. rhenia-].

References ✧ GL/23, 45; LT1A/Vilna

Glosses

“sail, float, fly” ✧ GL/45; LT1A/Vilna

Variations

gwil-¹ ✧ GL/45; LT1A/Vilna

Changes

gwîli >> gwaili ✧ GL/45

Inflections

gwail	past	✧ GL/23
gwaili	past	✧ GL/45
gwîli	past	✧ GL/45

Cognates

ᴱQ. wili- “to sail, fly, float” ✧ GL/45 (vil-); LT1A/Vilna

Derivations

< ᴱ√GWILI¹ “*fly” ✧ GL/45 (‽gu̯il); GL/45 (‽gu̯il); LT1A/Vilna

Phonetic Developments

‽ᴱ√gu̯il > gwil-¹	[gwil-]	✧ GL/45
‽ᴱ√gu̯il > gwaili	[gʷīlī] > [gʷailī] > [gʷaili]	✧ GL/45