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Revision as of 11:18, 29 December 2011
vilverin "butterfly",
Etymology
Derived from a stem WIL "fly, float in air"[1]
According to the examples found in the essay Quendi and Eldar Helge Fauskanger observes that Quenya w becomes u in Telerin, instead of v and vilverin should actually read *vilvarin
See also
References
- ↑ Etymologies p.398