fanu

noun. vapour, steam

A neologism coined by Paul Strack in 2022 specifically for Eldamo, the Sindarin equivalent of Q. fanwë of the same meaning.

Cognates

• Q. fanwë “vapour, steam”

Derivations

• √PHAN “cover, screen, veil; white, (light white) shape; shape, vision”
  • √PHA “exhalations (as mists upon water or steams and the like)” ✧ NM/237