N. gwanur n. “kinsman, kinswoman” (Category: Relative)
A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s for “kinsman” derived from ON. wanūro < ᴹ✶wanōrō (Ety/NŌ, TOR) also used of a “kinswoman” due to blending with feminine ON. wanūre (Ety/THEL). In Tolkien’s later writings the similarly formed gwanûr meant “twin-birth” referring to a pair of twins as in Haudh in Gwanûr “Grave-mound of the Twins” (LotR/1054; PE23/140), but I think the two words can coexist, distinguished by the long vowel in the final syllable and the fact that gwanûr “twins” is plural as opposed to singular gwanur “kinsman/woman” (vs. plural *gwanyr “kinsmen”).
References ✧ Ety/NŌ, THEL, TOR, WŌ; EtyAC/NŌ
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| go- | “together” | ✧ Ety/WŌ (†gwa-) |
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| ON. wanūro > gwanur | [wanūro] > [gwanūro] > [gwanūr] > [gwanur] | ✧ Ety/NŌ |
| ON. wanúre > gwanur | [wanūre] > [gwanūre] > [gwanūr] > [gwanur] | ✧ Ety/THEL |
| ON. wanūro > gwanur | [wanūro] > [gwanūro] > [gwanūr] > [gwanur] | ✧ Ety/TOR |