Early Quenya
winwe
noun. a sparkling, flash
Cognates
- G. gwim “spark, wink”
Derivations
- ᴱ√GWINI “sparkle” ✧ QL/104
Element in
- Eq. winwinoite “glittering” ✧ QL/104
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√GWINI > ’winwe [gʷinwi] > [gʷinwe] > [winwe] ✧ QL/104 Variations
- ’winwe ✧ QL/104
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).