Eldamo : Gnomish : gwadh-

G. gwadh- v. “to dwell” (Category: to Live, Dwell)

⚠️G. gwadh-, v. “to dwell” (Category: to Live, Dwell): N. dortha- “to dwell, stay, [G.] settle”

A verb appearing as G. gwadh- “dwell” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s with a (deleted) primitive form gu̯ađ (GL/46), likely an allusion to the early root ᴱ√ẆAÐA from the contemporaneous Qenya Lexicon (QL/102). In that document, Tolkien gave the Gnomish form as {gwath- >>} gwar-, however, which might align with the deleted primitive form ᴱ✶gu̯ara- “dwell” from the Gnomish Lexicon (GL/38).

References ✧ GL/46; QL/102

Glosses

“dwell” ✧ GL/46

Variations

gwadh- ✧ GL/46
gwar- ✧ QL/102
gwath- ✧ QL/102

Changes

gwandi >> gwanni ✧ GL/46
gwath- >> gwar- ✧ QL/102

Inflections

gwandi	past	✧ GL/46
gwanni	past	✧ GL/46

Element In

G. gwadhra “habitable” ✧ GL/47
G. gwadhril “inhabitant (f.)” ✧ GL/47
G. gwadhron “inhabitant (m.)” ✧ GL/47

Derivations

< ᴱ√ẆAÐA “dwell” ✧ GL/46 (gu̯ađ); QL/102

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√gu̯ađ > gwadh-

[gwað-]

✧ GL/46