Quenya 

aiwë

(small) bird

aiwë noun "(small) bird" (AIWĒ, SA:lin #1); Aiwendil "Lover of Birds" (UT:401)

aiwë

noun. (small) bird

A noun meaning “(small) bird” (SA/lin¹, Ety/AIWĒ), appearing in Radagast’s Quenya name Aiwendil “Lover of Birds” (UT/401). It was derived from primitive ᴹ✶aiwē like its Sindarin cognate aew (Ety/AIWĒ).

Conceptual Development: In the Gnomish Lexicon from the 1910s, ᴱQ. aiwe appeared as the cognate of G. aigli “bird” (GL/17), but in Early Noldorin notes from the 1920s, the cognate of ᴱN. aiw “bird” was given as ᴱQ. oive (PE13/136, 158) or oi(we) (PE13/132). A similar form oio (stem oiw-) appeared in notes on the Declension of Nouns from the early 1930s (PE21/12). In The Etymologies from the mid-1930s, the form ᴹQ. aiwe was restored (Ety/AIWĒ), and this is the source of the derivation given above.

Cognates

  • S. aew “(small) bird” ✧ SA/lin¹

Element in

Variations

  • Aiwe ✧ UT/401 (Aiwe)
Quenya [SA/lin¹; UT/401] Group: Eldamo. Published by

wilin

bird

wilin noun "bird" (LT1:273; if this "Qenya" word is to be used in LotR-style Quenya, it must not be confused with the 1st pers. aorist of the verb wil-.)

aiwë

aiwe

Aiwe derives from the Elvish root AIWĒ-.

Quenya [Tolkien Gateway] Published by

Sindarin 

aewen

adjective. of birds

Sindarin [Linaewen S/434] Group: SINDICT. Published by

aew

noun. (small) bird

A noun meaning “(small) bird” (SA/lin¹, Ety/AIWĒ), appearing in the name Linaewen “Lake of Birds” (S/119, UT/401). It was derived from primitive ᴹ✶aiwē like its Quenta cognate aiwë (Ety/AIWĒ), with the primitive diphthong ai becoming the ae in Sindarin.

Conceptual Development: In the Gnomish Lexicon from the 1910s, G. aigli “bird” was given as a derivative of the root ᴱ√aı̯, though in this early iteration Tolkien said it especially applied to larger instead of smaller birds (GL/17). In Early Noldorin notes from the 1920s, it became ᴱN. aiw “bird” (PE13/136, 158). In The Etymologies from the 1930s, the form became N. aew “(small) bird” (Ety/AIWĒ), and this is the source of the derivation given above.

Cognates

  • Q. aiwë “(small) bird” ✧ SA/lin¹

Element in

  • ᴺS. aedh “nest”
  • ᴺS. aemar “rookery, colony of birds”
  • S. aewen “of birds” ✧ SA/lin¹
Sindarin [PE17/097; SA/lin¹] Group: Eldamo. Published by

aew

noun. (small) bird

Sindarin [Ety/348, S/434] Group: SINDICT. Published by

aewen

of birds

pl. aewin.

aew

bird

(small bird) 1) aew. No distinct pl. form. 2) fileg, pl. filig; the form filigod appears as an alternative singular. or

aew

bird

. No distinct pl. form.

fileg

bird

pl. filig; the form filigod appears as an alternative singular.

emlinn

yellowhammer

(= "yellow singer"); no distinct pl. form. Also emelin, no distinct pl. form; coll. pl. emelinnath. Adj.

Noldorin 

aew

noun. (small) bird

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. aiwe “(small) bird” ✧ Ety/AIWĒ

Derivations

  • ᴹ√AIWĒ “(small) bird” ✧ Ety/AIWĒ

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√AIWĒ > aew[aiwē] > [aiwe] > [aiw] > [aew]✧ Ety/AIWĒ
Noldorin [Ety/AIWĒ] Group: Eldamo. Published by

aew

noun. (small) bird

Noldorin [Ety/348, S/434] Group: SINDICT. Published by

fileg

noun. small bird

Noldorin [Ety/381] Singular formed by analogy. Group: SINDICT. Published by

filigod

noun. small bird

Noldorin [Ety/381] Group: SINDICT. Published by

emlin

noun. yellow bird, "yellow hammer"

Noldorin [Ety/386] Group: SINDICT. Published by

emelin

noun. yellow bird, "yellow hammer"

Noldorin [Ety/386] Group: SINDICT. Published by

emmelin

noun. yellow bird, "yellow hammer"

Noldorin [Ety/386] Group: SINDICT. Published by

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Qenya 

aiwe

noun. (small) bird

Cognates

  • N. aew “(small) bird” ✧ Ety/AIWĒ

Derivations

  • ᴹ√AIWĒ “(small) bird” ✧ Ety/AIWĒ

Element in

  • ᴹQ. Aiwenóre “Birdland, lower air” ✧ Ety/AIWĒ

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√AIWĒ > aiwe[aiwē] > [aiwe] > [aiwe]✧ Ety/AIWĒ

oio

noun. bird

Middle Primitive Elvish

aiwē

root. (small) bird

A “root” (more likely just a primitive word) appearing in The Etymologies of the 1930s as the basic for the words ᴹQ. aiwe, N. aew “small bird” (Ety/AIWĒ). A precursor ᴱ√aı̯ to this root appeared in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s with derivatives ᴱQ. aiwe, G. aigli “bird” (GL/17). The continued appearance of Q. aiwë (UT/401) and S. aew (S/119) in later writings strongly indicates this primitive form remained valid in Tolkien’s later writings.

Derivatives

  • ᴹQ. aiwe “(small) bird” ✧ Ety/AIWĒ
  • N. aew “(small) bird” ✧ Ety/AIWĒ
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/AIWĒ] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Gnomish

aigli

noun. bird

Cognates

  • Eq. aiwe “bird” ✧ GL/17

Derivations

  • ᴱ√AYA ✧ GL/17
Gnomish [GL/17; GL/32] Group: Eldamo. Published by

bil

noun. bird

A word for “bird” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s appearing next to G. bilinc “sparrow”, but this word was deleted and the gloss for bilinc was expanded to “a small bird, especially sparrow” (GL/22-23). The form bil appeared in a couple other places in the Gnomish Lexicon (GL/23, 31), but seems to represent a “root” rather than a word. Tolkien indicated bil was derived from ᴱ✶du̯il (GL/31), but the exact mechanism whereby du̯- became b- isn’t clear, but a similar change is seen in 1920s ᴱ✶du̯ag- > ᴱT. baga- “beat” and ᴱ✶tu̯ak- > ᴱQ. pak- “apply, attach” (PE14/66).

Changes

  • bil → bilin “bird” ✧ GL/22

Derivations

  • ᴱ√VILI “*air” ✧ GL/22
  • ᴱ✶du(w)il “*bird” ✧ GL/31

Element in

  • G. bilin(c) “small bird, sparrow”
  • G. glindwil “swallow” ✧ GL/39
  • G. biltha- “to flutter, flit” ✧ GL/23

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√bīl- > bil[βil] > [bil]✧ GL/22
ᴱ✶du̯il > bil[dwil] > [bil]✧ GL/31
Gnomish [GL/23; GL/31; GL/39] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Noldorin

aiw

noun. bird

Cognates

  • Eq. oive “bird” ✧ PE13/136; PE13/158
Early Noldorin [PE13/136; PE13/158] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Quenya

aiwe

noun. bird

Cognates

  • G. aigli “bird” ✧ GL/17

Derivations

  • ᴱ√AYA ✧ GL/17

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√aı̯² > aiwe[ajwē] > [ajwe] > [aiwe]✧ GL/17
Early Quenya [GL/17; PE16/147] Group: Eldamo. Published by

oi(we)

noun. bird

oive

noun. bird

Cognates

  • En. aiw “bird” ✧ PE13/136; PE13/158

Variations

  • oi ✧ PE16/132
  • oiwe ✧ PE16/132
Early Quenya [PE13/136; PE13/158; PE16/132] Group: Eldamo. Published by

wilin

noun. bird

A noun in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “bird”, derived from the early root ᴱ√GWILI that was the basis for words having to do with flight (QL/104).

Derivations

  • ᴱ√GWILI “*fly” ✧ LT1A/Vilna; QL/104

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√GWILI > ’wilin[gʷilin] > [wilin]✧ QL/104

Variations

  • ’wilin ✧ QL/104
Early Quenya [LT1A/Vilna; QL/104] Group: Eldamo. Published by