S. Narwain n. “January, *(lit.) New Fire” (Category: Names of the Months)
Name of the first month of the year in the Westron calendar (LotR/1110) corresponding to “January” (PM/136). It seems to be a combination of naur “fire” and gwain “new”.
Conceptual Development: In drafts of The Lord of the Rings appendices, this name was first given as Nerwinien and it appeared with an alternate name Cathriw “*After Winter” = cad “*after” + rhíw “winter” (PM/134, 136).
References ✧ LotR/1110; PM/136
Glosses
Elements
| naur | “fire” | |
| #gwain¹ | “young, *new” | soft-mutation |
Cognates
N. Cathriw n. “January, *After-winter” (Category: Names of the Months)
Reference ✧ PM/136 ✧ “January”
Related
Elements
| #cad | “*after” | ||
| rhíw | “winter” | soft-mutation | ✧ PM/135 |
Cognates
N. Nerwinien n. “January” (Category: Names of the Months)
Reference ✧ PM/135 ✧ “January”
Related
Changes
Elements
| naur | “flame” |
| gwîn¹ | “young” |
Cognates