Eldamo : Gnomish : gwais

G. gwais n. “kinship, relation” (Category: Relative)

⚠️G. gwais, n. “kinship, relation” (Category: Relative): ᴺS. !rennas “kinship, relation”

A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s appearing as {gwâs >>} gwais “kinship, relationship”, a combination of gwa- “together” + geth “clan, kindred, folk”, with Tolkien saying “s < ts after long vowel” (GL/43).

References ✧ GL/43, 48

Glosses

“kinship, relation” ✧ GL/43

Variations

gwais ✧ GL/43

gwais “kinship, relation” cp. geth ✧ GL/43

Inflections

wais

soft-mutation; gw-mutation

✧ GL/48

Element In

G. hauthwais “matrimony, conjugal rights” ✧ GL/48

Derivations

< ᴱ✶ŋuaʒet- ✧ GL/43

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ✶ŋuaʒet- > gwais

[ŋʷaɣets] > [ŋgʷaɣets] > [gʷaɣets] > [gʷaɣes] > [gʷaɣes] > [gʷaes] > [gʷais]

✧ GL/43