N. gwaun n. “goose” (Category: Goose)
A noun for “goose” in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from primitive ᴹ✶wān under the root ᴹ√WĀ “blow” (Ety/WĀ), where ancient ā became au. It had a Noldorin plural form of guin, but if adapted to (Neo) Sindarin its plural would be gwoen: compare Sindarin plural S. noeg of naug “dwarf” (UT/100) vs. its Noldorin plural N. nuig (EtyAC/NAUK).
References ✧ Ety/WA-N
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Inflections
| guin | plural | ✧ Ety/WA-N |
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Phonetic Developments
| ᴹ✶WĀ-N > gwaun | [wān] > [wǭn] > [woun] > [gwoun] > [gwaun] | ✧ Ety/WA-N |
| ᴹ✶WĀ-N > guin | [wāni] > [wǭni] > [wouni] > [gwouni] > [gwauni] > [gwuin] > [guin] | ✧ Ety/WA-N |