N. gwilwileth n. “butterfly” (Category: Insect)
A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “butterfly” derived from the root ᴹ√WIL “fly” (Ety/WIL), apparently with duplication of the root and the addition of the abstract noun suffix N. -th.
Conceptual Development: The word G. gwilbrin or gwilvrin “a butterfly” appeared in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s along with an adjective form G. gwilbriniol “like a butterfly”, based on primitive ᴱ√gu̯il (GL/45).
Reference ✧ Ety/WIL ✧ “butterfly”
Elements
| #-th | “abstract noun” |
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Phonetic Developments
| ᴹ√WIL > gwilwileth | [wilwilitta] > [wilwilittʰa] > [wilwiliθθa] > [gwilwiliθθa] > [gwilwileθθa] > [gwilwileθθ] > [gwilwileθ] | ✧ Ety/WIL |
G. gwilbrin n. “butterfly” (Category: Insect)
References ✧ GL/45; LT1A/Vilna
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G. gwilbriniol adj. “like a butterfly” (Category: Insect)
References ✧ GL/45, 55
Glosses
Elements
| gwilbrin | “butterfly” | ✧ GL/45 |
| #-(i)ol | “adjective suffix” | ✧ GL/45 (#-iol) |
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