Eldamo : Neo-Primitive Elvish : GIW

[ᴱ]ᴺ√GIW root. “*germinate, impregnate”

[ᴱ]ᴺ√GIW root. “*germinate, impregnate”

See ᴱ√GIWI for discussion.

Derivatives

> ᴺS. ^gaew “pregnant”
> ᴺS. !gýda- “to impregnate, make pregant”
> ᴺS. ^gŷl “fecund; conceiving, having conceived, just pregnant”
> ᴺS. ^gŷth “germ, foetus, embryon”
- ⇒ ᴺS. ^gythra- “to germinate, be conceived”
- ⇒ ᴺS. ^gythren “embryonic”

ᴱ√GIWI root. “*germinate, impregnate”

A root in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s with various derivatives having to do with pregnancy, such as G. gaiw “pregnant” and G. gioth “germ, foetus, embryon” (GL/37, 39). It also seems to have been the basis for the root ᴱ√QIMI “*woman” in the contemporaneous Qenya Lexicon (QL/77) via G(I)WIMI > GWIM > KWIM; see that root for details. As the basis for female words it was almost certainly abandoned, but I think it may be worth retaining this root for Neo-Sindarin words for pregancy, for which we have no other attested alternatives in Tolkien’s later published writings.

References ✧ GL/39, 45

Variations

giwi- ✧ GL/45
giu̯i ✧ GL/39; GL/45

giu̯i cp. ᴱQ. kiu̯ ✧ GL/39
QIMI “*woman” may be an extension (via G(I)WIMI > GWIM > KWIM) of GIWI “*germinate, impregnate”
G. gwinweth “female sex, womanhood (state)” cp. giwi- ✧ GL/45

Derivatives

> ᴱ✶gīwă
- > G. gaiw “pregnant” ✧ GL/37
  - ⇒ G. gaibra- “to impregnate” ✧ GL/37
> ᴱQ. kiw- “*to germinate, impregnate” ✧ GL/39
> G. giol “fecund; conceiving, having conceived, just pregnant” ✧ GL/39
- ⇒ G. ilgiol “barren”
> G. gioth “germ, foetus, embryon” ✧ GL/39
- ⇒ G. giothra- “to germinate, be conceived” ✧ GL/39
- ⇒ G. giothrin “embryonic” ✧ GL/39
- ⇒ G. ilgioth “sterility”
> G. giothra- “to germinate, be conceived” ✧ GL/39
> G. gwin “woman, female” ✧ GL/45
- ⇒ 9 compounds