Eldamo : Gnomish : cing(win)

G. cing(win) n. “spider” (Category: Spider)

⚠️G. cing(win), n. “spider” (Category: Spider): S. ungol “spider”

A noun for “spider” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s with variants cing and cingwin (GL/26). Tolkien indicated this word was related to G. cang “tangled” (GL/25), which was probably based on the early root ᴱ√KAŊA “weave, twine” (QL/45, 98). The i in cing indicates the primitive form was probably kŋ̣g-, since short syllabic nasals became in in Gnomish.

References ✧ GL/25-26

Glosses

“spider” ✧ GL/26 (cing)

Variations

cing ✧ GL/25; GL/26
cingwin ✧ GL/26

cang “tangled, confused, mixed up, awry; tangle, confusion, mêllay” cp. cing ✧ GL/25

Derivations

< ᴱ√KAŊA “weave, twine”