Quenya 

fanwë

noun. vapour, steam

A word for “vapour, steam” in some 1957 notes, derived from the same root √PHAN that is the basis for Q. fanya “cloud” (NM/237).

Cognates

  • ᴺS. fanu “vapour, steam”

Derivations

  • √PHAN “cover, screen, veil; white, (light white) shape; shape, vision” ✧ NM/237
    • √PHA “exhalations (as mists upon water or steams and the like)” ✧ NM/237

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
√phan > fanwë[pʰanwe] > [ɸanwe] > [fanwe]✧ NM/237

Sindarin 

fanu

noun. vapour, steam

A neologism coined by Paul Strack in 2022 specifically for Eldamo, the Sindarin equivalent of Q. fanwë of the same meaning.

Cognates

Derivations

  • √PHAN “cover, screen, veil; white, (light white) shape; shape, vision”
    • √PHA “exhalations (as mists upon water or steams and the like)” ✧ NM/237
Sindarin Group: Eldamo - neologism/reconstructions. Published by

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Gnomish

tuim

noun. steam

A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s originally glossed “bud”, but this was revised to “steam” (GL/71). Before the change in gloss, this word was probably derived from the early root ᴱ√TUẎU which had various bud-related derivatives (QL/96), but after the change its etymology is unclear.

Changes

  • tuim → tuim “bud” ✧ GL/71

Derivations

  • ᴱ√TUẎU “*spring, sprout”

Early Quenya

ruku-

verb. to steam, smoke, reek

An intransitive verb glossed “to steam, smoke, reek” appearing in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, derived from the early root ᴱ√RUKU “smoke, reek” (QL/80).

Derivations

  • ᴱ√RUKU “smoke, reek” ✧ QL/080

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√RUKU > ruku-[ruku-]✧ QL/080
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