hwindë

eddy, whirlpool

hwindë noun (2) "eddy, whirlpool" (SWIN). In the pre-classical Tengwar system presupposed in the Etymologies, hwindë was also the name of tengwa #34, which letter Tolkien would later call hwesta sindarinwa instead.

hwind

adjective. twirling, whirling

hwind

eddy

(noun) hwind (i chwind, o chwind; no distinct pl. form even with article; coll. pl. hwinnath) (VT46:22)

hwind

noun. eddy

hwind

eddy

(i chwind, o chwind; no distinct pl. form even with article; coll. pl. hwinnath) (VT46:22)

hwinia

eddy

(verb) hwinia- (i chwinia, i chwiniar) (twirl, whirl)

hwinia

eddy

(i chwinia, i chwiniar) (twirl, whirl)****

chwinn

noun. eddy

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s appearing as N. chwinn “eddy, whirlpool” and derived from the root ᴹ√SWIN “whirl, eddy” (Ety/SWIN). Christopher Tolkien marked it as an “adj.” in The Etymologies as published in The Lost Road, but this was a misreading of the gloss “eddy” as reported by Carl Hostetter and Patrick Wynne (EtyAC/SWIN). If adapted to Neo-Sindarin, this word would become ᴺS. hwind, as suggested in HSD (HSD).

Cognates

• ᴹQ. hwinde “eddy, whirlpool” ✧ Ety/SWIN

Derivations

• ᴹ√SWIN “whirl, eddy” ✧ Ety/SWIN

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√SWIN > chwind > chwinn	[swinde] > [w̥inde] > [xwinde] > [xwind] > [xwinn]	✧ Ety/SWIN

chwinn

adjective. twirling, whirling

chwind

adjective. twirling, whirling

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

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