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}}'''Pervinca Took''' was the third child and youngest daughter of [[Thain]] [[Paladin Took II]] and [[Eglantine Banks]]; sister to [[Peregrin Took]] of the [[Company of the Ring]].
}}'''Pervinca Took''' was a [[Hobbit]] of [[the Shire]].
 
==History==
Pervinca was the third child and youngest daughter of [[Thain]] [[Paladin Took II]] and [[Eglantine Banks]].<ref>{{App|Took}}</ref>
==Etymology==
==Etymology==
[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pervinca Pervinca] refers to periwinkle, trailing or erect evergreen plants such as the European creeper. The name derives from Latin ''pervincire'' "to entwine".
[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pervinca Pervinca] refers to periwinkle, trailing or erect evergreen plants such as the European creeper.<ref>[[Jim Allan]] (ed.), ''[[An Introduction to Elvish]]'', "Giving of Names"</ref>
 
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Pervinca Took
Hobbit
File:Paladins Daughters.jpg
Pervinca, Pimpernel and Pearl
Biographical Information
LocationTookland
BirthS.R. 1385
Family
ParentagePaladin Took II &
Eglantine Banks
Physical Description
GenderFemale
GalleryImages of Pervinca Took

Pervinca Took was a Hobbit of the Shire.

History

Pervinca was the third child and youngest daughter of Thain Paladin Took II and Eglantine Banks.[1]

Etymology

Pervinca refers to periwinkle, trailing or erect evergreen plants such as the European creeper.[2]

References

  1. J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix C, "Took of Great Smials"
  2. Jim Allan (ed.), An Introduction to Elvish, "Giving of Names"