Eldamo : Early Quenya : vasse

ᴱQ. vasse (vassi-) n. “wing” (Category: Wing)

⚠️ᴱQ. vassë (vassi-), n. “wing” (Category: Wing): Q. ráma “wing; ⚠️[ᴱQ.] arm”

A word for “wing” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√VASA (QL/100). A similar word ’wasse appeared under the early root ᴱ√GWASA (QL/103). The word vasse “wing” also appeared in the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon (GL/22) and again in Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s (PE16/137), but not thereafter.

References ✧ GL/22; PE16/137; QL/100, 103

Glosses

“wing” ✧ PE16/137; QL/100

Variations

vasse ✧ GL/22; PE16/137; QL/100
’wasse ✧ QL/103

Inflections

vassi-

stem

✧ QL/100

Element In

ᴱQ. vassivaswe “beating or rushing of wings” ✧ QL/100

Cognates

G. bass “wing, pinion” ✧ GL/22

Derivations

< ᴱ√GWASA “*rush” ✧ QL/103
< ᴱ√VASA “*wing” ✧ QL/100

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√VASA > vasse	[βassi] > [βasse] > [vasse]	✧ QL/100
ᴱ√GWASA > ’wasse	[gʷassi] > [gʷasse] > [wasse]	✧ QL/103