quirmë
noun. cream
Derivations
- ᴺ✶. KWIR “stir, spin”
Element in
- ᴺQ. helquir “ice cream”
pîr
noun. cream
Derivations
- ᴺ✶. KWIR “stir, spin”
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malthin
noun. cream
cwîr
noun. cream
A noun appearing as G. cwîr “cream” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/28), clearly related to ᴱQ. qirme “cream” and thus derived from the early root ᴱ√QIŘI (QL/77).
Neo-Sindarin: I would adapt this word as ᴺS. pîr “cream” for purposes of Neo-Sindarin from a Neo-Root ᴺ√KWIR “stir”, with ancient kw becoming p as was usual in Sindarin.
Cognates
- Eq. qirme “cream”
Derivations
- ᴱ√QIÐI “*stir, spin”
qirme
noun. cream
A noun appearing as ᴱQ. qirme “cream” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√QIŘI [QIÐI] (QL/77).
Neo-Quenya: I would retain this word as ᴺQ. quirmë “cream” for purposes of Neo-Quenya based on a Neo-Root ᴺ√KWIR “stir”.
Cognates
- G. cwîr “cream”
Derivations
- ᴱ√QIÐI “*stir, spin” ✧ QL/077
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√QIŘI > qirme [kʷiðmē] > [kʷiðme] > [kʷizme] > [kʷirme] ✧ QL/077
A noun for “cream” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s apparently based on G. maltha “golden yellow, rich, mellow” (GL/56).