Eldamo : Neo-Sindarin : gaew

G. gaiw adj. “pregnant” (Category: Pregnant)

An adjective appearing as G. {gaib >>} gaiw “pregnant” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/37), derived from primitive ᴱ✶gīwă with the Gnomish sound change of ī > ai (GG/14).

Neo-Sindarin: I would adapt this word as ᴺS. gaew “pregnant” representing the Sindarin sound change of ai > ae, derived from the Neo-Root ᴺ√GIW having to do with pregnancy. In Tolkien’s later conception of the languages, its primitive form would need to be *gaiwa, the result of a-fortification of the root: compare [N.] maew “gull” derived from the root ᴹ√MIW (Ety/MIW).

References ✧ GL/37, 39

Glosses

“pregnant” ✧ GL/37

Variations

gaiw ✧ GL/37
gaib ✧ GL/39; GL/37 (gaib)

giothra- “germinate, be conceived” cp. gaib ✧ GL/39

Changes

gaib >> gaiw “pregnant” ✧ GL/37

Element In

G. gaibra- “to impregnate” ✧ GL/37

Derivations

< ᴱ✶gīwă ✧ GL/37
- < ᴱ√GIWI “*germinate, impregnate”

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ✶gīwă > gaiw

[gīwa] > [gaiwa] > [gaiw]

✧ GL/37