Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!

Early Quenya

oive

noun. bird

Cognates

  • En. aiw “bird” ✧ PE13/136; PE13/158

Variations

  • oi ✧ PE16/132
  • oiwe ✧ PE16/132
Early Quenya [PE13/136; PE13/158; PE16/132] Group: Eldamo. Published by

oi(we)

noun. bird

aiwe

noun. bird

Cognates

  • G. aigli “bird” ✧ GL/17

Derivations

  • ᴱ√AYA ✧ GL/17

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√aı̯² > aiwe[ajwē] > [ajwe] > [aiwe]✧ GL/17
Early Quenya [GL/17; PE16/147] Group: Eldamo. Published by

wilin

noun. bird

A noun in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “bird”, derived from the early root ᴱ√GWILI that was the basis for words having to do with flight (QL/104).

Derivations

  • ᴱ√GWILI “*fly” ✧ LT1A/Vilna; QL/104

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√GWILI > ’wilin[gʷilin] > [wilin]✧ QL/104

Variations

  • ’wilin ✧ QL/104
Early Quenya [LT1A/Vilna; QL/104] Group: Eldamo. Published by