Eldamo : Early Quenya : welbe

ᴱQ. welbe n. “bubble” (Category: to Boil (intr.))

⚠️ᴱQ. welbë, n. “bubble” (Category: to Boil (intr.)): ᴺQ. ^velvë “bubble”

A noun appearing as ᴱQ. ’welbe “bubble” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root {ᴱ√WELE >>} ᴱ√GWELE (QL/103).

Neo-Quenya: For purpose of Neo-Quenya, I would adapt this word as ᴺQ. velvë with the usual sound change initial w to v. Both lb and lv appear in Quenya, but lv is the more common pronunciation (PE17/129).

Reference ✧ QL/103 ✧ ’welbe “bubble”

Cognates

G. gwelc “bubble”

Derivations

< ᴱ√GWELE “*boil, bubble” ✧ QL/103

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√GWELE > ’welbe

[gʷelbē] > [gʷelbe] > [welbe]

✧ QL/103