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Middle Primitive Elvish

swin

root. whirl, eddy

A root in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “whirl, eddy” with derivatives like ᴹQ. hwinde/N. chwinn “eddy, whirlpool” and ᴹQ. hwinya-/N. chwinia- “eddy, twirl, swirl” (Ety/SWIN).

Derivatives

  • ᴹQ. hwinde “eddy, whirlpool” ✧ Ety/SWIN
  • ᴺQ. hwinta- “to mix, stir; to confuse”
  • ᴺQ. hwinima “confusing”
  • ᴹQ. hwinya- “to swirl, eddy, gyrate” ✧ Ety/SWIN
  • N. chwîn “giddyness, faintness” ✧ Ety/SWIN
  • N. chwinn “eddy” ✧ Ety/SWIN
  • N. chwinia- “to twirl, whirl, eddy” ✧ Ety/SWIN

Element in

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/SWIN] Group: Eldamo. Published by