Eldamo : Middle Primitive Elvish : SWES

ᴹ√SWES root. “noise of blowing or breathing”

ᴹ√SWES root. “noise of blowing or breathing”: ᴱ√PUSU “puff, blow, puff out, make swell”

A root in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “noise of blowing or breathing” with derivatives like ᴹQ. hwesta- “to puff” and ᴹQ. hwesta/N. chwest “breeze, breath, puff (of air)” (Ety/SWES). Q. hwesta “breeze” appeared in The Lord of the Rings Appendix E (LotR/1123), indicating this root’s ongoing validity.

Reference ✧ Ety/SWES ✧ “noise of blowing or breathing”

WIS “air” ✧ EtyAC/SWES

Derivatives

> ᴹ✶swesta- “to puff” ✧ Ety/SWES
- > ᴹQ. hwesta- “to puff” ✧ Ety/SWES
> ᴹQ. hwesta “breeze, breath, puff of air” ✧ Ety/SWES
> ON. hwesta “puff, breath, breeze” ✧ Ety/SWES
- > N. chwest “puff, breath, breeze” ✧ Ety/SWES
> Q. hwesta “breeze”
- ⇒ ᴺQ. !hwestalauca “vapour”
  - ⇒ ᴺQ. !hwestalaucata- “to vapourize”
- ⇒ Q. hwesta sindarinwa “Grey-elven hw” ✧ LotR/1123