The wine of Dor-Winion occurs in the Lay of the children of Húrin and a place located either in the "burning South" in the first version, or probably east of the Blue Mountains in the second. Then we have Dorwinion as a meadow-land in Tol Eressëa at the end of the Quenta Silmarillion. It reappears in The Hobbit, and was finally placed North-West of the Sea of Rhûn in the decorated map by Pauline Baynes (see HL/115-117 for discussion). The meaning of this name is unknown and has been largely discussed. What do we have indeed in this "Winion", or rather gwinion since the initial w- must come from lenition? According to Christopher Tolkien, the Lay was begun c. 1918 and was composed during his father's stay at Leeds, a date meaning that the word can be Gnomish, possibly Early Noldorin, or in an indigenous language of Beleriand. In Gnomish and later in Doriathrin and Ilkorin, there is a genitive plural ending -ion which may very well be contained in this word. Then we would segment gwin-ion "of gwin". The context calls for "wine", "vine" or something similar. It can hardly be a coincidence that gwin is precisely the Welsh word for "wine", a loan from the Latin vinum, as the English "wine" itself
Sindarin
gwîn
noun. youth
gwîn
noun. youth
Cognates
- Q. vínë “youth, youth, *childhood” ✧ PE17/191
Derivations
- √WIN “young, young, [ᴹ√] new, fresh” ✧ PE17/191
Element in
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √WIN > gwîn [wine] > [gwine] > [gwin] > [gwīn] ✧ PE17/191
gwîn
noun. wine, vine
gwain
adjective. new
gwein
adjective. young
adj. young. Q. vinya. >> gwîn
gwein
adjective. young
cîr
adjective. renewed
sain
adjective. new
aduial
noun. the evening, time of star-opening, "evendim"
cýr
adjective. renewed
gwîn
pronoun. our (inclusive)
Elements
Word Gloss gwe “we (inclusive)”
gwain
new
1) #gwain (gwin-), lenited wain, pl. gwîn. Isolated from the month-name Narwain, ”new sun” (where #gwain appears in lenited form). The form gwîn ”young” listed in VT46:22 would have to be taken as a pl. form, if it is to be the cognate of Quenya vinya. 2) cîw (lenited gîw; no distinct pl. form) (fresh), 3) eden (begun again), pl. edin; 4) sain (sin-), lenited hain; pl. sîn;
gwain
new
(gwin-), lenited ’wain, pl. gwîn. Isolated from the month-name Narwain, ”new sun” (where #gwain appears in lenited form). The form gwîn ”young” listed in VT46:22 would have to be taken as a pl. form, if it is to be the cognate of Quenya vinya.
pîn
pronoun. our (inclusive)
Elements
Word Gloss pe “we (inclusive)”
thîn
evening
†*thîn (no distinct pl. form; coll. pl. thíniath). The form cited in LR:392 s.v. __ is not marked as containing a long vowel (“thin”).
thîn
evening
(no distinct pl. form; coll. pl. thíniath). The form cited in LR:392 s.v. THIN is not marked as containing a long vowel (“thin”).
miru
noun. wine
Element in
- ᴺS. mirwelthen “vintage, *(lit.) wine pressing”
- ᴺS. mirybin “grape, (lit.) wine-berry”
ŷ
noun. wine
A neologism for “wine” coined by Hialmr appearing in VQP (VQP), based on ᴱQ. io “wine” (PE16/141).
Cognates
- Eq. io “wine”
cîl
renewal
(i gîl; no distinct pl. form except with article: i chîl) (VT48:8)
cîr
renewed
clashes with the word for ”ship”.s
cîw
new
(lenited gîw; no distinct pl. form) (fresh)
nîth
youth
(construct nith; no distinct pl. form)
sain
adjective. new
sain
new
(sin-), lenited hain; pl. sîn
tinnu
starlit evening
(i** dinnu, o thinnu) (dusk, twilight, early night without a moon), pl. tinny (i** thynny) if there is a pl. Verb
thinna
grow toward evening
(fade).
siniath
news
(tidings) (i siniath).
eden
new
(begun again), pl. edin
dû
late evening
(i dhû) (night, nightfall, darkness), pl. dui (i nui) (SD:302).
neth
young
neth (pl. nith). A homophone is the noun ”sister, girl”.
neth
young
(pl. nith). A homophone is the noun ”sister, girl”.
cýron
new moon
(i gýron), pl. cýroen (i chýroen). Archaic ✱cýraun, spelt cýrawn in the source (VT48:7).
dess
young woman
(i ness, o ndess, constuct des), pl. diss (i ndiss)
n. youth. Q. víne. >> gwein