Eldamo : Early Quenya : welwe

ᴱQ. welwe n. “spring [of water]” (Category: Spring, Well)

⚠️ᴱQ. welwë, n. “spring [of water]” (Category: Spring, Well): Q. ehtelë “spring, issue of water”

A word appearing as ’welwe or ’welme “spring” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√GWELE having to do with boiling and bubbling (QL/103). It thus probably referred to a “spring of water”, as in its [likely] cognate G. gwelwi of this meaning (GL/45).

References ✧ QL/103

Glosses

“spring” ✧ QL/103 (’welwe)

Variations

’welwe ✧ QL/103
’welme ✧ QL/103

Cognates

G. gwelwi “spring of water”

Derivations

< ᴱ√GWELE “*boil, bubble” ✧ QL/103

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√GWELE > ’welwe

[gʷelwē] > [gʷelwe] > [welwe]

✧ QL/103