Eldamo : Early Quenya : Vilna

ᴱQ. Vilna loc. “(lower) air”

⚠️ᴱQ. Vilna, loc. “(lower) air”: Q. vilya “air, sky”

Innermost layer of air in the earliest Lost Tales (LT1/65), given as a derivative of the root ᴱ√VILI in the Qenya Lexicon, along with a variant form Vilya (QL/101). This second form reappeared decades later in The Lord of the Rings as Q. vilya “air, sky” (LotR/1123).

References ✧ LT1/85; LT1A/Vilna; LT1I; MC/215; PE15/68; PE16/90, 92; QL/37, 101; SMI

Glosses

“(lower) air” ✧ LT1A/Vilna (Vilya)
“air” ✧ MC/215 (vilya)
“air (lower)” ✧ QL/101 (Vilya)
“air, the lower air (3rd layer wherein the birds fly and the winds journey)” ✧ PE15/68 (vilya)
“innermost of the three airs” ✧ LT1I/Vilna

Variations

Vilna ✧ LT1/85; LT1A/Vilna; LT1I/Vilna; QL/37; SMI/Vilna; LT1A/Vilna (Vilna); QL/101 (Vilna)
Vilya ✧ LT1A/Vilna; MC/215; QL/101; PE15/68 (vilya)

Fâ “lowest air” is equivalent to Vilna ✧ LT1A/Vilna
fâ = vilna ✧ QL/37

Changes

Vilna >> Vilya “(lower) air” ✧ LT1A/Vilna; QL/101

Inflections

vilyar

plural

“airs”

✧ PE16/90; PE16/92

Element In

ᴱQ. Favilna “lowest air” ✧ LT1A/Vilna; QL/37
ᴱQ. vílyava “airy” ✧ PE15/68 (vílyava)
ᴱQ. yar i vilya anta miqilis “to whom the air gives kisses” ✧ MC/215; PE16/90; PE16/92

Cognates

G. Gwilfa “lowest air” ✧ LT1A/Vilna

Derivations

< ᴱ√VILI “*air” ✧ LT1A/Vilna; QL/101

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√VILI > Vilya

[βilnā] > [βilna] > [vilna]

✧ QL/101