N. chwinia- v. “to twirl, whirl, eddy” (Category: to Spin)
A verb for “twirl, whirl, eddy” in The Etymologies of the 1930s appearing in its Noldorin-style infinitive form N. chwinio and derived from the root ᴹ√SWIN “whirl, eddy” (Ety/SWIN).
Neo-Sindarin: Many Neo-Sindarin writers adapted this word as ᴺS. hwinia- “to twirl, whirl, eddy” since ancient initial sw became hw in Sindarin of the 1950s and 60s rather than chw as it did in Noldorin of the 1930s and 40s. I prefer ᴺS. whinia- as more consistent with Tolkien’s orthography in the 1950s and 60s.
References ✧ Ety/SWIN
Inflections
| chwiniol | active-participle | “whirling, giddy, mad, fantastic” | ✧ Ety/SWIN |
| chwinio | infinitive | “twirl, whirl, eddy” | ✧ Ety/SWIN |
Element In
Cognates
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
| ᴹ√SWIN > chwinio | [swinja-] > [w̥inja-] > [xwinja-] > [xwinia-] | ✧ Ety/SWIN |