Quenya 

hwindë

birch

hwindë (1) noun "birch" (PE17:23)

hwindë

noun. birch

A word for “birch” in notes from the mid-1960s (PE17/23).

Conceptual Development: The Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s had ᴱQ. silwin (silwind-) “birch” under the early root ᴱ√SILI (QL/83).

Cognates

  • S. hwinn “birch” ✧ PE17/023

Sindarin 

chwind

noun. ordinary non-mythological word for birch

_n. Bot. _ordinary non-mythological word for birch. Q. hwinde. >> brethil, whinn

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:23] -. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

hwind

adjective. twirling, whirling

Sindarin [Ety/388, X/ND1, X/HW] Group: SINDICT. Published by

hwinn

noun. birch

The ordinary non-mythological word for “birch” in notes from the mid-1960s, as opposed to brethil “silver-birch” for the subspecies associated with Elbereth (PE17/23).

Cognates

  • Q. hwindë “birch” ✧ PE17/023

Variations

  • chwind ✧ PE17/023
  • whinn ✧ PE17/023
Sindarin [PE17/023] Group: Eldamo. Published by

whinn

noun. ordinary non-mythological word for birch

_n. Bot. _ordinary non-mythological word for birch. Q. hwinde. >> brethil, chwind

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:23] -. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

Noldorin 

chwind

adjective. twirling, whirling

Noldorin [Ety/388, X/ND1, X/HW] Group: SINDICT. Published by

chwinn

adjective. twirling, whirling

Noldorin [Ety/388, X/ND1, X/HW] Group: SINDICT. Published by

chwind

noun. eddy

According to VT/46:16, N chwind, chwinn are not adjectives (see Etym/388), but nouns with the meaning "eddy" (cf. Q hwinde).

>> chwinn

chwinn

noun. eddy

According to VT/46:16, N chwind, chwinn are not adjectives (see Etym/388), but nouns with the meaning "eddy" (cf. Q hwinde).

>> chwind


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Early Quenya

silwin

noun. birch

Derivations

  • ᴱ√SILI “*gleam” ✧ QL/083

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√SILI > silwin[silwind] > [silwin]✧ QL/083
Early Quenya [QL/083] Group: Eldamo. Published by