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Gnomish

gwiril

noun. *spindle

Derivations

  • ᴱ√GWERE “whirl, twirl, twist” ✧ GL/46

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√gwer- > gwiril[gʷeril] > [gʷiril]✧ GL/46

cwiril

noun. spindle

A word appearing as G. cwiril “spindle” in the Gnomish Lexicon based on G. cwir- “make spin” (GL/29). Tolkien also gave G. gwiril of the same meaning, apparently based on ᴱ√GWERE “whirl, twirl, twist” (GL/46; QL/103).

Neo-Sindarin: Of these two, I prefer to use ᴺS. gwiril “spindle” because its unmodified form can be based on the later root √WIR “weave”, while cwiril would need to be updated to ᴺS. ✱piril. The form gwiril could be the result of ancient blending of ✱kwiril and ✱wiril.

Cognates

  • Eq. qindl “a spindle, top”
Gnomish [GL/29; GL/46] Group: Eldamo. Published by