Doriathrin
cwên
noun. small gull, petrel, sea-bird
Cognates
Derivations
Derivatives
- N. cuen “small gull, petrel, sea-bird” ✧ EtyAC/KWǢ; PE22/032
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ✶kwǣ-nē > cwēn [kwǣnē] > [kwǣne] > [kwēne] > [kwēn] ✧ EtyAC/KWǢ Variations
- cwēn ✧ EtyAC/KWǢ; PE22/032 (Fal. cwēn)
A noun meaning “small gull, petrel, sea-bird” derived from primitive ᴹ✶kwǣnē (EtyAC/KWǢ, PE22/32), an example of how primitive [[ilk|[ǣ] became [ē]]] in Ilkorin. In the Etymologies, this word was marked as Ilkorin (EtyAC/KWǢ), while in Tolkien’s description of the “Fëanorian Alphabet”, it was marked as Falathrin (PE22/32).