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

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ✶wingē > gwing	[wiŋgē] > [wiŋge] > [gwiŋge] > [gwiŋg] > [gwiŋ]	✧ Ety/WIG

gwing

noun. spindrift, flying spray

gwing

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

falf

noun. foam, breaker

faltha-

verb. to foam