hwindë
birch
hwindë
noun. birch
A word for “birch” in notes from the mid-1960s (PE17/23).
Conceptual Development: The Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s had ᴱQ. silwin (silwind-) “birch” under the early root ᴱ√SILI (QL/83).
Cognates
- S. hwinn “birch” ✧ PE17/023
chwind
noun. ordinary non-mythological word for birch
hwind
adjective. twirling, whirling
hwinn
noun. birch
The ordinary non-mythological word for “birch” in notes from the mid-1960s, as opposed to brethil “silver-birch” for the subspecies associated with Elbereth (PE17/23).
Cognates
- Q. hwindë “birch” ✧ PE17/023
Variations
- chwind ✧ PE17/023
- whinn ✧ PE17/023
whinn
noun. ordinary non-mythological word for birch
chwind
adjective. twirling, whirling
chwinn
adjective. twirling, whirling
chwind
noun. eddy
According to VT/46:16, N chwind, chwinn are not adjectives (see Etym/388), but nouns with the meaning "eddy" (cf. Q hwinde).
>> chwinn
chwinn
noun. eddy
According to VT/46:16, N chwind, chwinn are not adjectives (see Etym/388), but nouns with the meaning "eddy" (cf. Q hwinde).
>> chwind
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silwin
noun. birch
Derivations
- ᴱ√SILI “*gleam” ✧ QL/083
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√SILI > silwin [silwind] > [silwin] ✧ QL/083
hwindë (1) noun "birch" (PE17:23)