Gnomish
gwingli
noun. loom
Changes
gwindel→ gwingli ✧ GL/46gwingl→ gwingli ✧ GL/46Cognates
- Eq. windele “loom”
Derivations
- ᴱ√GWIÐI “*plait, weave” ✧ GL/46
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√gu̯iđ > gwingli [gʷinðlī] > [gʷinðli] > [gʷiŋgli] ✧ GL/46 Variations
- gwidhr ✧ GL/46 (gwidhr)
- gwindel ✧ GL/46 (
gwindel)- gwingl ✧ GL/46 (
gwingl)
gwingalos
proper name. Foamflower
Cognates
- Eq. Wingilot “Foam-flower” ✧ PE15/07
Variations
- Gwing(a)los(t) ✧ GL/46
- Gwingli ✧ GL/46; LT1A/Wingilot; PE15/07
- Gwingalost ✧ PE15/07
The Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s had G. {gwindel, gwingl >>} gwingli and (archaic) †gwidhr for “loom” based the early root ᴱ√gu̯iđ (GL/46).
Neo-Sindarin: This early root fell out of use in Tolkien’s later writings. The Etymologies of the 1930s had ᴹQ. lanwa “loom” under the root ᴹ√LAN “weave” (Ety/LAN), so I’d coin a word ᴺS. lanu “loom” to replace the probably-abandoned Gnomish words.