alfa

noun. swan

Changes

• alcwi → alfa ✧ GL/18
• alcwi → alfa ✧ LT1A/Alqaluntë

Cognates

• Eq. alqa “swan” ✧ GL/18; LT1A/Alqaluntë

Derivations

• ᴱ✶alchwa “swan” ✧ GL/18; LT1A/Alqaluntë; PE13/109
  • ᴱ√ḶKḶ “*appearance”

Element in

• G. alfuil(in) “swan” ✧ GL/18; GL/18 (alcothil)

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴱ✶alchwa > alfa	[alkʷā] > [alpā] > [alpa] > [alfa]	✧ GL/18

Variations

• alcwi ✧ GL/18 (alcwi); LT1A/Alqaluntë (alcwi)
• alf ✧ PE13/109

alf

noun. swan

alfuil(in)

noun. swan

Changes

• alcothil → alfuil ✧ GL/19

Variations

• alfuil ✧ GL/19
• alcothil ✧ GL/19 (alcothil)

silwin

noun. swan

A word for “swan” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/67), probably related to ᴱQ. siloine of the same meaning (QL/83).

Cognates

• Eq. siloine “swan”

Elements

Word	Gloss
SILI	“*gleam”