G. gwil- v. “to sail, float, fly” (Category: to Fly)
A verb appearing in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s as G. gwil-¹ “sail, float, fly” derived from ᴱ√gu̯il (GL/45). It was cognate to ᴱQ. vil- or ’wili- “sail, fly, float” (QL/104).
Neo-Sindarin: Since [ᴹQ.] vil- or wil- “fly” survived in Tolkien’s later writings (Ety/WIL), I would retain ᴺS. gwil- as well, but only for the sense “to fly”. For “float” and “sail” I would use other verbs like ᴺS. loda- “float” [N. lhoda-] and ᴺS. renia- “sail” [N. rhenia-].
References ✧ GL/23, 45; LT1A/Vilna
Glosses
Variations
Changes
Inflections
| gwail | past | ✧ GL/23 |
| gwaili | past | ✧ GL/45 |
| gwîli | past | ✧ GL/45 |
Cognates
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
| ‽ᴱ√gu̯il > gwil-¹ | [gwil-] | ✧ GL/45 |
| ‽ᴱ√gu̯il > gwaili | [gʷīlī] > [gʷailī] > [gʷaili] | ✧ GL/45 |