Appendix:Sindarin/aew
Sindarin
editEtymology
editModified 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
editaew • lEy (plural aew)
- (small) bird