Eldamo : Neo-Sindarin : gwiril

ᴺS. [G.] gwiril n. “spindle” (Category: Spindle)

ᴺS. [G.] gwiril, n. “spindle” (Category: Spindle)

See G. cwiril for discussion.

Derivations

< √WIR “weave, twine, weaving with cross-threads or withes”

G. cwiril n. “spindle” (Category: Spindle)

A word appearing as G. cwiril “spindle” in the Gnomish Lexicon based on G. cwir- “make spin” (GL/29). Tolkien also gave G. gwiril of the same meaning, apparently based on ᴱ√GWERE “whirl, twirl, twist” (GL/46; QL/103).

Neo-Sindarin: Of these two, I prefer to use ᴺS. gwiril “spindle” because its unmodified form can be based on the later root √WIR “weave”, while cwiril would need to be updated to ᴺS. *piril. The form gwiril could be the result of ancient blending of *kwiril and *wiril.

References ✧ GL/29, 46

Glosses

“spindle” ✧ GL/29

cwiril “spindle” cp. cwîr ✧ GL/29
gwiril = cwiril ✧ GL/46

Elements

cwir-	“to stir, stir round, make spin”	✧ GL/29
#-(r)il	“feminine agent”	✧ GL/29 (#-il)

Cognates

ᴱQ. qindl “a spindle, top”

G. gwiril n. “*spindle” (Category: Spindle)

See G. cwiril for discussion.

Reference ✧ GL/46

gwiril = cwiril ✧ GL/46

Derivations

< ᴱ√GWERE “whirl, twirl, twist” ✧ GL/46 (gwer-)

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√gwer- > gwiril

[gʷeril] > [gʷiril]

✧ GL/46