Eldamo : Early Quenya : werelin

ᴱQ. werelin (werelind-) n. “whirligig” (Category: Spindle)

⚠️ᴱQ. werelin (werelind-), n. “whirligig” (Category: Spindle): ᴺQ. !quiril “spindle; [spinning] top, *whirligig”

A noun in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “whirligig”, a combination of the early roots ᴱ√GWERE “whirl” and ᴱ√RINI “*circle”, where the l is the result of dissimilation (QL/103).

References ✧ QL/103

Glosses

“whirligig” ✧ QL/103 (’werelin)

Variations

’werelin ✧ QL/103

Inflections

’werelind-

stem

✧ QL/103

Elements

ᴱ√GWERE	“whirl, twirl, twist”	✧ QL/103
ᴱ√RINI	“*circle”	✧ QL/103 (-lin)

Element In

ᴱQ. werelinda “twirling, pirouetting” ✧ QL/103 (’werelinda)

Cognates

G. gwerb(e)lin “top, whirligig, *(lit.) wind-unwind”

Derivations

< ᴱ√GWERE “whirl, twirl, twist” ✧ QL/103

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√GWERE > ’werelin

[gʷererind] > [wererind] > [wererin] > [werelin]

✧ QL/103