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

Development	Stages	Sources
√phan > fanwë	[pʰanwe] > [ɸanwe] > [fanwe]	✧ NM/237