S. aew n. “(small) bird” (Category: Bird)
A noun meaning “(small) bird” (SA/lin¹, Ety/AIWĒ), appearing in the name Linaewen “Lake of Birds” (S/119, UT/401). It was derived from primitive ᴹ✶aiwē like its Quenta cognate aiwë (Ety/AIWĒ), with the primitive diphthong ai becoming the ae in Sindarin.
Conceptual Development: In the Gnomish Lexicon from the 1910s, G. aigli “bird” was given as a derivative of the root ᴱ√aı̯², though in this early iteration Tolkien said it especially applied to larger instead of smaller birds (GL/17). In Early Noldorin notes from the 1920s, it became ᴱN. aiw “bird” (PE13/136, 158). In The Etymologies from the 1930s, the form became N. aew “(small) bird” (Ety/AIWĒ), and this is the source of the derivation given above.
References ✧ PE17/97; SA/lin¹
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| aewion | old-genitive plural | ✧ PE17/97 |
| aewon | old-genitive plural | ✧ PE17/97 |
| aiwon | old-genitive plural | ✧ PE17/97 |
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N. aew n. “(small) bird” (Category: Bird)
Reference ✧ Ety/AIWĒ ✧ “(small) bird”
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| ᴹ√AIWĒ > aew | [aiwē] > [aiwe] > [aiw] > [aew] | ✧ Ety/AIWĒ |
ᴱN. aiw n. “bird” (Category: Bird)
References ✧ PE13/136, 158
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| aiwiath | plural | ✧ PE13/158 |
| aiwin | plural | ✧ PE13/158 |
| aiwyn | plural | ✧ PE13/136 |
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