S. gwê n. “living creature” (Category: Animal)
A noun for a “living creature” in Quenya Notes (QN) from 1957, a derivative of the primitive form ✶wegō(n) from the root √WEG “live, be active” (PE17/183). It is not entirely clear from context, but I think this word may apply to any living being, both plants and animals.
Conceptual Development: In earlier conceptions, the root √WEG and its precursors were mostly associated with masculine things, and thus the precursors to this word meant “man” rather than living creature: G. gweg “man, male of the Elda” from the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/44), ᴱN. gweg “man, male (being)” from various Early Noldorin word lists of the 1920s (PE13/122, 146, 162; PE15/62), and N. {gweg >>} gwe “man, warrior” from the Declension of Nouns of the early 1930s (PE21/1).
Reference ✧ PE17/189 ✧ “living creature”
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| ✶wegō(n) > gwê | [wegō] > [wego] > [gwego] > [gweɣo] > [gweɣ] > [gwēɣ] > [gwē] | ✧ PE17/189 |
N. gwe n. “man, warrior” (Category: Man)
References ✧ PE21/1
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ᴱN. gweg n. “man, male (being)” (Category: Man)
References ✧ PE13/122, 124, 146, 162; PE15/62
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| ngwaig | nasal-mutation plural; g-mutation | ✧ PE13/124 | |
| gwaig | plural | “men or male beings” | ✧ PE15/62 |
| gwaith | plural | ✧ PE13/124; PE13/162 | |
| gwiaig | plural | “men” | ✧ PE13/122 |
| gwí | plural | “men” | ✧ PE13/146 |
| †gwî | plural | ✧ PE13/162 | |
| weg | soft-mutation; gw-mutation | “man” | ✧ PE13/124 |
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G. gweg n. “man, male of the Elda” (Category: Man)
References ✧ GG/9, 15; GL/44; LT1A/Bronweg; PE13/117
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| gui(w) | dual | “men” | ✧ PE13/117 |
| gwega | genitive | ✧ GG/15 | |
| gui(n) | plural | “men” | ✧ PE13/117 |
| gweig | plural | ✧ PE13/117 | |
| weg | soft-mutation; gw-mutation | “man” | ✧ GG/9 |
| weg | soft-mutation; gw-mutation | ✧ GG/9 |
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| ᴱ✶gu̯eg- > gweg | [wek] > [gʷek] > [gʷeg] | ✧ GL/44 |
| ᴱ✶u̯ǝkḗ > gweg | [wekē] > [gʷekē] > [gʷegē] !!! [gʷeg] | ✧ PE13/117 |