Eldamo : Sindarin : ui

S. ui adv. “ever” (Category: Always)

S. ui, adv. “ever” (Category: Always): G. bront “perpetually”; G. bóra “always, ever, continuously, {perpetual}”

A word in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “ever” under the root ᴹ√OY of similar meaning (Ety/OY), replacing {gui-} under the rejected root ᴹ√GEY (Ety/GEY). As a prefix ui had the Old Noldorin form uigo in ON. Uigolosse “Everlasting Snow”, whose modern form was Uilos (Ety/OY; PE17/26). The word ui “ever” was also mentioned in a 1958 letter to Rhona Beare as an element in the name Fanuilos (Let/278).

Reference ✧ Let/278 ✧ “ever”

Element In

S. Fanuilos “Bright (Angelic) Figure upon Uilos” ✧ Let/278
S. Uilos “Ever-snow”
S. uilos “white flower like a star”
S. ^uimallen “ever-golden”

Cognates

Q. oi(o) “ever, everlastingly; an endless period”

Derivations

< ✶oio “ever” ✧ Let/278
- < √OY “ever, continual, unceasing”

Phonetic Developments

✶oio > ui

[oio] > [uio] > [ui]

✧ Let/278

N. ui¹ adv. “ever” (Category: Always)

See S. ui for discussion.

References ✧ Ety/EY, GEY, OY; WR/341

Glosses

“ever” ✧ WR/341; Ety/EY (Ui-); Ety/GEY (Gui-)
“everlasting” ✧ Ety/OY

Variations

Ui- ✧ Ety/OY; WR/341; Ety/EY (Ui-)
Gui- ✧ Ety/GEY

Element In

N. Guilos “ever-snow” ✧ Ety/GEY (Guilos)
N. Mindor Uilas “*Isolated Mountain of Ever-leaf”
N. Uiar “Ulmo”
N. Uilos “Everlasting Snow” ✧ Ety/EY (Uiloss); Ety/OY
N. Fenn Uiforn “Ever Closed [Door]” ✧ WR/341

Derivations

< ᴹ√GEY “ever, everlasting” ✧ Ety/EY (EY); Ety/GEY (GEY)
< ON. #uigo “everlasting” ✧ Ety/OY (#Uigo)
- < ᴹ√OY¹ “ever, eternal” ✧ Ety/OY

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√EY > Ui-	[eigo] > [oigo] > [uigo] > [uiɣo] > [uiɣ] > [ui]	✧ Ety/EY
ᴹ√GEY > Gui-	[geigo] > [goigo] > [guigo] > [guiɣo] > [guiɣ] > [gui]	✧ Ety/GEY
ON. #Uigo > Ui-	[uigo] > [uiɣo] > [uiɣ] > [ui]	✧ Ety/OY