Appendix:Sindarin/aew

Sindarin

Etymology

Modified from aiw in Tolkien’s earlier conception of the language (early ‘Noldorin’), itself modified from yet earlier aigli in ‘Gnomish’. Diegetically explained as inherited from Primitive Elvish *aiwē, and so cognate to Quenya aiwë.

Noun

aew • lEy (plural aew)

1. (small) bird

References

• Paul Strack (2008–2023) “aew”, in Eldamo – An Elvish Lexicon‎^[1]