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Doriathrin

cwên

noun. small gull, petrel, sea-bird

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).

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. qéne “petrel” ✧ PE22/032
  • N. poen “small gull, petrel” ✧ EtyAC/KWǢ
  • On. paine “small gull, petrel” ✧ PE22/032
  • ᴹT. páne “small gull, petrel” ✧ PE22/032

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶kwǣnē “small gull, petrel” ✧ EtyAC/KWǢ; PE22/032
    • ᴹ√KWǢ “onomatopoetic” ✧ EtyAC/KWǢ

Derivatives

  • N. cuen “small gull, petrel, sea-bird” ✧ EtyAC/KWǢ; PE22/032

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶kwǣ-nē > cwēn[kwǣnē] > [kwǣne] > [kwēne] > [kwēn]✧ EtyAC/KWǢ

Variations

  • cwēn ✧ EtyAC/KWǢ; PE22/032 (Fal. cwēn)
Doriathrin [EtyAC/KWǢ; PE22/032] Group: Eldamo. Published by