Eldamo : Sindarin : gwîn

S. gwîn n. “youth” (Category: Young)

S. gwîn, n. “youth” (Category: Young): G. gwinwen “youth, freshness”; G. hiltha “youth (more often masculine)”

A word for “youth” in Definitive Linguistic Notes (DLN) of 1959, derived from the root √WIN “young” and cognate to Q. vínë (PE17/191).

Conceptual Development: The Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s had G. ganos “youth” (GL/37) and G. gwioth, guith “youth” (GL/42), the latter based the early root ᴱ√gu̯iu̯ or ᴱ√guı̯u̯.

Reference ✧ PE17/191 ✧ “youth”

Element In

ᴺS. !gwidhren “adolescent, pre-adult”
ᴺS. !gwineb “youthful”

Cognates

Q. vínë “youth” ✧ PE17/191

Derivations

< √WIN “young” ✧ PE17/191

Phonetic Developments

√WIN > gwîn

[wine] > [gwine] > [gwin] > [gwīn]

✧ PE17/191

G. ganos n. “youth” (Category: Young)

See S. gwîn for discussion.

Reference ✧ GL/37 ✧ “youth”

Elements

gân	“young”	✧ GL/37
#-os¹	“abstract noun”	✧ GL/37 (#-os)

Element In

G. ganothrin “youthful” ✧ GL/37

G. gwioth n. “youth” (Category: Young)

See S. gwîn for discussion.

References ✧ GL/42

Glosses

“youth” ✧ GL/42

Variations

gwioth ✧ GL/42
guith ✧ GL/42

Derivations

< ᴱ√GWIWI “*young” ✧ GL/42 (gu̯iu̯)

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√gu̯iu̯ > gwioth

[gʷiuθ] > [gʷioθ]

✧ GL/42