Gnomish
cwîr
noun. cream
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Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!
cwîr
noun. cream
A noun appearing as G. cwîr “cream” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/28), clearly related to ᴱQ. qirme “cream” and thus derived from the early root ᴱ√QIŘI (QL/77).
Neo-Sindarin: I would adapt this word as ᴺS. pîr “cream” for purposes of Neo-Sindarin from a Neo-Root ᴺ√KWIR “stir”, with ancient *kw* becoming *p* as was usual in Sindarin.