Q. vëo n. “living creature” (Category: Animal)
A noun for a “living creature” in Quenya Notes (QN) from 1957, a derivative of the primitive form ✶wegō(n) from the root √WEG “live, be active” (PE17/183). It is not entirely clear from context, but I think this word may apply to any living being, both plants and animals.
Conceptual Development: In earlier conceptions, the root √WEG and its precursors were mostly associated with masculine things, and thus the precursors to this word meant “man” rather than living creature: ᴱQ. wie cognate to G. gweg “man, male of the Elda” from the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/44), archaic ᴹQ. †wē “man, warrior” from the Declension of Nouns of the early 1930s (PE21/1, 41) and archaic ᴹQ. †veo “man” from The Etymologies of around 1937 (Ety/WEG; EtyAC/WEG).
Reference ✧ PE17/189 ✧ “living creature”
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| ✶wegō(n) > weo > vëo | [wegō] > [weɣō] > [βeɣo] > [βeo] > [veo] | ✧ PE17/189 |
ᴹQ. †veo n. “man” (Category: Man)
References ✧ Ety/WEG; EtyAC/WEG
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| ᴹ✶wegō > †veo | [wegō] > [weɣō] > [weo] > [veo] | ✧ Ety/WEG |
ᴹQ. †wé n. “man, warrior” (Category: Man)
References ✧ PE21/1, 41
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ᴱQ. wie n. “*man, male of the Elda” (Category: Man)
Reference ✧ GL/44
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| ᴱ✶gu̯eg- > wie | [gʷegiē] > [gʷegie] > [gʷeɣie] > [gʷeie] > [gʷie] > [wie] | ✧ GL/44 |