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Early Quenya

winwe

noun. a sparkling, flash

A noun in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s given as ’winwe “a sparkling, flash” derived from the early root ᴱ√GWINI “sparkle” (QL/104).

Cognates

  • G. gwim “spark, wink”

Derivations

  • ᴱ√GWINI “sparkle” ✧ QL/104

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√GWINI > ’winwe[gʷinwi] > [gʷinwe] > [winwe]✧ QL/104

Variations

  • ’winwe ✧ QL/104
Early Quenya [QL/104] Group: Eldamo. Published by