Eldamo : Quenya : vínë

Q. vínë n. “youth” (Category: Young)

A word for “youth” appearing in Definitive Linguistic Notes (DLN) from 1959 derived from the root √WIN “young” (PE17/191).

Conceptual Development: The Etymologies of the 1930s had ᴹQ. vírie “youth” under the root ᴹ√WIR “new, fresh, young” (EtyAC/WIR).

References ✧ PE17/191; VT47/26

Glosses

ᴹQ. vén “greenness, freshness; youth” might in its sense “youth” be replaced by vínë “youth”

Element In

Cognates

Derivations

Phonetic Developments

√WIN > vínë

[wīne] > [βīne] > [vīne]

ᴹQ. vírie n. “youth” (Category: Young)

See Q. vínë for discussion.

Reference ✧ EtyAC/WIR ✧ “youth”

Derivations

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√WIR/WĪ/WIRI > vírie

[wirie] > [βirie] > [virie]