S. gwaith n. “people; region” (Category: People, Populace)

S. gwaith, n. “people, [ᴱN.] men, folk; [N.] manhood; man-power, troop of able bodied men, host, regiment; [S.] region” (Category: People, Populace)

ᴱN. lhai “folk, host, people”

G. lieg “the folk, the citizens”

References ✧ Let/224; PE17/190; SA/gwaith

Glosses

• “people” ✧ PE17/190; SA/gwaith

Variations

• gwaith ✧ PE17/190; SA/gwaith

Changes

• -waith “people” >> -waith ✧ PE17/190

Inflections

-waith	soft-mutation; gw-mutation		✧ PE17/190
-waith	soft-mutation; gw-mutation	“people”	✧ PE17/190
#waith	soft-mutation; gw-mutation	“people, region”	✧ Let/224

Element In

• S. Danwaith
• S. Drúwaith “the wilderness of the Drû-folk”
• S. Eluwaith
• S. Enedwaith “Middle-region, Middle-folk” ✧ Let/224; SA/gwaith
• S. Forodwaith “North-region, Northmen” ✧ Let/224
• S. Gaurwaith “Wolf-men”
• S. Gwaith-i-Mírdain “People of the Jewel Smiths” ✧ SA/gwaith
• S. Haradwaith “South-folk, the Harad”
• S. Tawarwaith “Forest People”

Cognates

• Q. vehtë “[a span of] life; habitat, haunt” ✧ PE17/189; PE17/190

Derivations

• < √WĒ/EWE “person, being, individual” ✧ PE17/190 (WE)
  • < -weith < wakte < WE ✧ PE17/190
• < ✶wegtē “activity, occupation” ✧ PE17/189 (weg-tē); PE17/189 (weg-tē)
  • < -weith < weg-tē ✧ PE17/189
  • < √WEG “live, be active” ✧ PE17/189

Phonetic Developments

✶weg-tē > gwaith

[wegtē] > [wektē] > [wekte] > [wektʰe] > [wexθe] > [gwexθe] > [gweiθe] > [gweiθ] > [gwaiθ]

✧ PE17/190

N. gweith n. “manhood; man-power, troop of able bodied men, host, regiment” (Category: Crowd, Multitude)

References ✧ Ety/WEG; EtyAC/WEG

Glosses

• “manhood; man-power, troop of able bodied men, host, regiment” ✧ Ety/WEG

Changes

• gweth »» gweith ✧ EtyAC/WEG

Element In

• N. Forodweith “Northmen, Northland” ✧ Ety/WEG
• N. Rohirwaith
• N. Uvanwaith “Nomenlands”

Derivations

• < ᴹ✶wegtē “manhood” ✧ Ety/WEG (weg-tē)
  • < ᴹ√WEG “(manly) vigour” ✧ Ety/WEG

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ✶weg-tē > gweith

[wegtē] > [wektē] > [wekte] > [wektʰe] > [wexθe] > [gwexθe] > [gweiθe] > [gweiθ]

✧ Ety/WEG

ᴱN. gwaith n. “people, men, folk” (Category: People, Populace)

References ✧ PE13/122, 124, 146, 162; PE15/62

Glosses

• “folk” ✧ PE13/146
• “men” ✧ PE13/162
• “men, folk” ✧ PE15/62
• “people” ✧ PE13/122 (gwiaith)
• “people, men” ✧ PE13/124 (gwiaith)

Variations

• gwaith ✧ PE13/146; PE13/162; PE15/62
• gwiaith ✧ PE13/122; PE13/124
• gwailt ✧ PE15/62

Elements

gweg	“man, male (being)”	✧ PE13/122; PE13/162
gweg	“man, male (being)”	✧ PE13/146

Element In

• ᴱN. gwiaithos “a person, human (not specifically m. or f.)” ✧ PE13/124

G. gwaith¹ n. “people” (Category: People, Populace)

References ✧ GL/44; LT1A/Bronweg; PE13/117

Glosses

• “people” ✧ PE13/117 (gweith)

Variations

• gwaith¹ ✧ GL/44; LT1A/Bronweg
• gweith ✧ PE13/117

Elements

gweg

“man, male of the Elda”

plural

✧ GL/44; LT1A/Bronweg; PE13/117

Element In

• G. gweithiad “nation, folk” ✧ PE13/117