N. Nerwing loc. “Red Foaming Waters”
An otherwise unattested place name appearing in The Etymologies from the 1930s (EtyAC/NAR¹), apparently a combination of an i-affected form of naru “red” and the lenited form of gwing.
Reference ✧ EtyAC/NAR¹ ✧ nerwing “Red foaming waters”
Elements
| naru | “red” | ✧ Ety/NAR¹ | |
| gwing | “spindrift, flying spray” | soft-mutation | ✧ EtyAC/NAR¹ (wing) |