Eldamo : Early Quenya : wenga

ᴱQ. wenga adj. “*male” (Category: Male)

⚠️ᴱQ. wenga, adj. “*male” (Category: Male): ᴹQ. hanwa “male”

A Quenya word (adjective?) in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s given as a cognate G. gweg “man, male of the Elda” (GL/44), perhaps meaning “*male”.

Reference ✧ GL/44

Cognates

G. gweg “man, male of the Elda” ✧ GL/44

Derivations

< ᴱ✶gu̯eg- ✧ GL/44
- < ᴱ√WAIK “*man, male” ✧ PE13/117
  - < ?ᴱ√WI²

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ✶gu̯eg- > wenga

[gʷeŋgā] > [gʷeŋga] > [weŋga]

✧ GL/44