√NATH root. “welcome, be kind to”
A root appearing with Notes on Names (NN) from 1957 glossed “welcome, be kind to”, with what appears to be a primitive word and its Sindarin derivative: ✶nathlo and S. nathal “guest” (PE17/141).
References ✧ PE17/141, 166
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#ᴱ√GWESE root. “greet, welcome”
A (Gnomish-only?) root implicit in the verb G. gwes- from the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, with other derivatives like G. gwest “greeting, welcome, salute”, G. gwesol “affable”, and G. gwîs “entertainment” (GL/46-47). There are no signs of this root in Tolkien’s later writing. The later root √NATH “welcome, be kind to” seems to have a similar meaning.
Reference ✧ GL/46 ✧ #gwes-
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