Quenya 

winga

foam, spray

winga noun "foam, spray" (Markirya). Also wingë.

wingë

foam, crest of wave, crest

wingë noun "foam, crest of wave, crest" (WIG); "foam, spindrift" (LT1:273). In the pre-classical Tengwar system presupposed in the Etymologies, wingë was also the name of tengwa #24, which letter Tolkien would later call wilya > vilya instead. - Also winga (so in Markirya).

timpinë

spray

timpinë noun "spray" (LT1:268)

falasta-

to foam

falasta- vb. "to foam", participle falastala "foaming, surging" in Markirya

fallë

foam

fallë noun "foam" (PHAL/PHÁLAS)

Sindarin 

gwing

noun. spindrift, flying spray

Sindarin [Ety/398, PM/392] Group: SINDICT. Published by

gwing

noun. foam (properly a flying spume or spindrift blown off wavetops)

Sindarin [Ety/398, PM/392] Group: SINDICT. Published by

gwing

noun. foam, spindrift, foam, spindrift, [N.] flying spray; [G.] wave-crest

A noun for foam, sprindrift and flying spray, a derivative of the root ᴹ√WIG (Ety/WIG), most notably an element in the name S. Elwing “Star-spray” (PM/376).

Conceptual Development: This word appeared all the way back in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s as G. gwing “a wave-crest, crest, foam”, where Tolkien connected it to G. uin “whale” (archaically “a wave”) via a primitive form ᴱ√uı̯u (GL/45, 74). N. gwing “spindrift, flying spray” appeared again in The Etymologies of the 1930s as a derivative of the root ᴹ√WIG (Ety/WIG). In later writings, Tolkien seems to have considered gwing problematic, at various points changing it to a loan word from Nandorin (PM/349) or Beorian (PM/368), but these seem to have been transient ideas: in a very late note from the 1970s he said it was Sindarin (PM/392).

Cognates

  • Nan. wing “foam, spindrift, spume”
  • Q. vingë “foam, spindrift, spray, foam, spindrift, spray, [ᴹQ.] wave crest, [ᴱQ.] froth, scud; wave” ✧ PM/376; PM/392; SA/wing

Derivations

  • ᴹ√WIG “*foam”

Element in

  • S. Elwing “Star-spray” ✧ PM/376; SA/wing
  • ᴺS. gwimmaf “whale, (lit.) sheep of the waves”
  • ᴺS. gwingil “mermaid, (lit.) foam maiden”
  • S. Gwingloth “Foam-flower”
Sindarin [PM/376; PM/392; SA/wing] Group: Eldamo. Published by

falf

foam

(breaker), pl. felf, coll. pl. falvath

faltha

foam

(i faltha, i falthar)

faltha

foam

(verb) faltha- (i faltha, i falthar)

hross

noun. foam

n. foam. >> ross

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:121] -. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

ross

foam

(construct ros) (rain, dew, spray [of fall or fountain]), pl. ryss (idh ryss) (Letters:282). Note: homophones mean ”reddish, russet, copper-coloured, red-haired” and also ”polished metal, glitter”

ross

noun. foam

n. foam. >> hross

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:121] -. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

ross

spray

(construct ros) (foam, rain, dew), pl. ryss (idh ryss). (Letters:282) Note: homophones mean ”reddish, russet, copper-coloured, red-haired” and also ”polished metal, glitter”.

gwing

foam

(i ’wing) (spindrift, spume, spray blown off wave-tops), no distinct pl. form except with article (in gwing)

gwing

foam

1) gwing (i **wing) (spindrift, spume, spray blown off wave-tops), no distinct pl. form except with article (in gwing), 2) ross (construct ros) (rain, dew, spray [of fall or fountain]), pl. ryss (idh ryss) (Letters:282). Note: homophones mean ”reddish, russet, copper-coloured, red-haired” and also ”polished metal, glitter”, 3) falf (breaker), pl. felf, coll. pl. falvath**

gwing

spray

1) (blown off wave-tops) gwing (i **wing) (foam, spindrift, spume), no distinct pl. form except with article (in gwing); 2) (of fall or fountain) ross (construct ros) (foam, rain, dew), pl. ryss (idh ryss**). (Letters:282) Note: homophones mean ”reddish, russet, copper-coloured, red-haired” and also ”polished metal, glitter”.

gwing

spray

(i ’wing) (foam, spindrift, spume), no distinct pl. form except with article (in gwing)

gwing

spindrift

gwing (i **wing) (foam, spume, spray blown off wave-tops), no distinct pl. form except with article (in gwing**)

gwing

spindrift

(i ’wing) (foam, spume, spray blown off wave-tops), no distinct pl. form except with article (in gwing)

gwing

spume

gwing (i **wing) (foam, spindrift, spray blown off wave-tops), no distinct pl. form except with article (in gwing**)

gwing

spume

(i ’wing) (foam, spindrift, spray blown off wave-tops), no distinct pl. form except with article (in gwing)

Noldorin 

gwing

noun. spindrift, flying spray

Noldorin [Ety/398, PM/392] Group: SINDICT. Published by

gwing

noun. foam (properly a flying spume or spindrift blown off wavetops)

Noldorin [Ety/398, PM/392] Group: SINDICT. Published by

gwing

noun. spindrift, flying spray

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. winge “foam, crest of wave, crest” ✧ Ety/WIG

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶wingē “foam, crest of wave, crest” ✧ Ety/WIG
    • ᴹ√WIG “*foam” ✧ Ety/WIG

Element in

  • N. Elwing “Star-spray”
  • N. Gwingloth “Foam-flower” ✧ Ety/WIG
  • N. Nerwing “Red Foaming Waters” ✧ EtyAC/NAR¹

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶wingē > gwing[wiŋgē] > [wiŋge] > [gwiŋge] > [gwiŋg] > [gwiŋ]✧ Ety/WIG
Noldorin [Ety/WIG; EtyAC/NAR¹] Group: Eldamo. Published by

falf

noun. foam, breaker

Noldorin [Ety/381] Group: SINDICT. Published by

faltha-

verb. to foam

Noldorin [Ety/381] Group: SINDICT. Published by

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Qenya 

falle

noun. foam

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “foam” derived from the root ᴹ√PHAL of the same meaning (Ety/PHAL).

Derivations

  • ᴹ√PHAL “foam” ✧ Ety/PHAL

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√PHAL/PHÁLAS > falle[pʰalle] > [ɸalle] > [falle]✧ Ety/PHAL

Doriathrin

gwing

noun. spindrift, flying spray

A noun for “spindrift, flying spray” derived from primitive ᴹ✶wingē (Ety/WIG). Here the [[ilk|initial [w] became [gw]]].

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. winge “foam, crest of wave, crest” ✧ Ety/WIG

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶wingē “foam, crest of wave, crest” ✧ Ety/WIG
    • ᴹ√WIG “*foam” ✧ Ety/WIG

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶wingē > gwing[wiŋgē] > [wiŋge] > [gwiŋge] > [gwiŋg]✧ Ety/WIG
Doriathrin [Ety/WIG] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Middle Primitive Elvish

phal

root. foam

Derivatives

  • ᴹQ. falasse “beach” ✧ Ety/PHAL
  • ᴹQ. falle “foam” ✧ Ety/PHAL
  • ᴹQ. falma “(crested) wave” ✧ Ety/PHAL
  • ᴹQ. falmar(in) “sea-spirit, nymph, sea-spirit, nymph, [ᴱQ.] sea-fay (male), spirit of the sea foam” ✧ Ety/PHAL
  • N. falas “beach, shore” ✧ Ety/PHAL
  • N. falf “foam, breaker, foam, breaker, [G.] wave” ✧ Ety/PHAL
  • On. phalsa- “to foam” ✧ Ety/PHAL
    • N. faltha- “to foam” ✧ Ety/PHAL

Element in

  • ᴹQ. Falanyel “*Beach Singer” ✧ Ety/PHAL
  • N. Men Falros “*Place of Splashing Foam”
  • ᴹT. Fallinel “Teleri” ✧ Ety/NYEL; Ety/PHAL

Variations

  • PHAL/PHÁLAS ✧ Ety/PHAL; Ety/SPAL
  • PHAL/PHALAS ✧ EtyAC/SPAL
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/NYEL; Ety/PHAL; Ety/SPAL; EtyAC/SPAL] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Gnomish

gwing

noun. wave-crest, crest, foam

Cognates

  • Eq. winge “(blowing) foam, spindrift, froth, scud, spray; wave” ✧ LT1A/Wingilot

Derivations

  • ᴱ√GWIŊI “*foam” ✧ GL/45; LT1A/Wingilot

Element in

  • G. Ailwing “Lake Foam”
  • G. Elwing “Lake Foam” ✧ LT1A/Wingilot
  • G. gwingil “foam maiden, mermaid” ✧ GL/45; LT1A/Wingilot
  • G. Gwingalos “Foamflower” ✧ GL/45; LT1A/Wingilot
  • G. Lothwing(a) “Foam Flower” ✧ GL/45; LT1A/Wingilot
Gnomish [GL/45; LT1A/Wingilot] Group: Eldamo. Published by

osp(a)

noun. foam

A noun “foam” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s with variants osp and ospa (GL/63), probably derived from the root ᴱ√Palas (QL/72).

Derivations

  • ᴱ√PALAS “*foam, splash”

Element in

  • G. ospa- “to seethe, foam, spout” ✧ GL/63
  • G. ospoth “froth” ✧ GL/63

Variations

  • osp ✧ GL/63
  • ospa ✧ GL/63

Early Noldorin

cruith

noun. spume

A noun appearing as ᴱN. {craith >>} cruith “spume” in Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s (PE13/141); its etymology is unclear

Conceptual Development: G. craith appeared in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “foam, froth, spume” (GL/26). The form G. craith “foam” also appears in Gnomish Lexicon Slips with additions to the Gnomish Lexicon (PE13/111).

Changes

  • craith → cruith “spume” ✧ PE13/141

Variations

  • craith ✧ PE13/141 (craith)
Early Noldorin [PE13/141] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Quenya

palaswin

noun. wave-crest

A word for “wave-crest” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, derived from ᴱ√Palas (QL/72). It has a stem form palaswing-, so was perhaps ᴱ√Palas + ᴱQ. winge “foam”.

Elements

WordGloss
PALAS“*foam, splash”
winge“(blowing) foam, spindrift, froth, scud, spray; wave”
Early Quenya [QL/072] Group: Eldamo. Published by

timpine

noun. spray

A noun in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “spray”, derived from the root ᴱ√TIPI (QL/92).

Derivations

  • ᴱ√TIPI “*spray” ✧ LT1A/Timpinen; QL/092

Element in

  • Eq. timpina “fine, powdered, sprayed” ✧ QL/092
  • Eq. timpínea “made of spray, full of fine showers, showery (of weather)” ✧ QL/092

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√TIPI > timpine[timpinē] > [timpine]✧ QL/092

Variations

  • timpinë ✧ LT1A/Timpinen
Early Quenya [LT1A/Timpinen; PME/092; QL/092] Group: Eldamo. Published by

hoiye

noun. foam

A noun in Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s glossed “foam” (PE16/136). Its etymology is unclear.

Early Quenya [PE16/136] Group: Eldamo. Published by

uilosse

noun. foam

A (rejected) noun in Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s glossed “foam” (PE16/139). Its etymology is unclear.

Early Quenya [PE16/139] Group: Eldamo. Published by

falmo

noun. foam

Derivations

  • ᴱ√FALA “*foam, wave” ✧ LT1A/Falman; QL/037

Element in

  • Eq. falmarin “sea-fay (male), spirit of the sea foam” ✧ LT1A/Falman

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√FALA > falmo[ɸalmō] > [ɸalmo] > [falmo]✧ QL/037

Variations

  • falma ✧ LT1A/Falman
Early Quenya [LT1A/Falman; QL/037] Group: Eldamo. Published by