Q. yanwë n. “joining” (Category: to Join, Unite)
This noun appeared as ᴹQ. {yanwa >>} yanwe “bridge, joining, isthmus” in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√YAT “join” (Ety/YAT; EtyAC/YAT). Its primitive form was given as ᴹ✶yatmā, and Tolkien neglected to revise it to *yatmē when the final vowel of the Quenya form was updated. This etymology of the noun reflected the sound change of tm > dm > nw which Tolkien used in the 1930s-50s.
In notes from the late 1960s, Tolkien had Q. yanwë “joining” derived from {*yadme >>} √YAN (VT49/45). This change in derivation likely reflected Tolkien’s decision in the 1960s that tm > tw, as suggested by Carl Hostetter (VT49/46).
Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya, I would use this noun only for “joining, isthmus”. For “bridge” I would use Q. yanta from The Lord of the Rings (LotR/1123). I prefer to retain Tolkien’s pre-1960s phonetic developments for tm, so I would assume the root was √YAT and this noun was derived from *yatmē > yadwe > yanwe.
Reference ✧ VT49/45 ✧ yanwe “joining”
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| √YAN > yanwe | [janwe] | ✧ VT49/45 |
ᴹQ. yanwe n. “bridge, joining, isthmus” (Category: Bridge)
References ✧ Ety/YAT; EtyAC/YAT
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| ᴹ✶yatmā > yanwe | [jatmē] > [jadmē] > [janmē] > [janwē] > [janwe] | ✧ Ety/YAT |