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Doriathrin

gwilwering

noun. butterfly

A noun for “butterfly” derived from the root ᴹ√WIL (Ety/GWEN). Its Quenya cognate ᴹQ. wilwarind- suggests its primitive form was ✱✶wilwarinde. If so, it is an example of how [[ilk|[nd] sometimes became [ŋg]]] in Ilkorin. As suggested by Helge Fauskanger, this may be due to assimilation to the preceding [g] (AL-Ilkorin/gwilwering).

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. wilwarin “butterfly” ✧ Ety/WIL

Derivations

  • ᴹ√WIL “fly, float in air” ✧ Ety/WIL

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√WIL > gwilwering[wilwarinde] > [wilwarind] > [wilwerind] > [gwilwerind] > [gwilweriŋg]✧ Ety/WIL
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