Eldamo : Neo-Primitive Elvish : KWIR

[ᴱ]ᴺ√KWIR root. “stir, spin”

[ᴱ]ᴺ√KWIR root. “stir, spin”: ᴱ√GWERE “whirl, twirl, twist”

See ᴱ√QIÐI for discussion.

KWIR “stir, spin” could be variant of √KWER “revolve”

Derivatives

> ᴺQ. quir- “to stir, make spin”
> ᴺQ. !quiril “spindle; [spinning] top, *whirligig”
- ⇒ ᴺQ. !quirilda “twirling, pirouetting”
> ᴺQ. quirmë “cream”
- ⇒ ᴺQ. !helquir “ice cream”
> ᴺS. ^pir- “to stir, stir round, make spin”
- ⇒ ᴺS. !piren “spun, rounded, cylindrical”
> ᴺS. ^pîr “cream”
> ᴺS. ^piruin “spinning wheel”

ᴱ√QIÐI root. “*stir, spin”

An unglossed root in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s given as √QIŘI [QIÐI] having derivatives like ᴱQ. qiri- “stir (make spin)”, ᴱQ. qindl “a spindle, top”, and ᴱQ. qirme “cream” (QL/77), the last probably from its production via stirring. It also had derivatives in the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon such as G. cwir- “to stir, stir round, make spin”, G. cwiril “spindle”, and G. cwîr “cream” (GL/29).

Neo-Eldarin: I think it worth positing a Neo-Eldarin root ᴺ√KWIR “stir, spin” to preserve these Early Qenya words, perhaps as a variant of √KWER “revolve”.

References ✧ QL/77, 103

Variations

QIŘI ✧ QL/77; QL/103

GWERE “whirl, twirl, twist” = qiři ✧ QL/103

Derivatives

> ᴱQ. qindl “a spindle, top” ✧ QL/77
> ᴱQ. qiri-¹ “to stir (make spin)” ✧ QL/77
> ᴱQ. qirin “wheel” ✧ QL/77
> ᴱQ. ‽qirme “cream” ✧ QL/77
> G. cwir- “to stir, stir round, make spin”
- ⇒ G. cwiril “spindle” ✧ GL/29
- ⇒ G. cwiruin “spinning wheel” ✧ GL/28
> G. cwîr “cream”