A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “forest”, derived from primitive ᴱ✶ŋgua-aloþ- (GL/41). This is likely a combination of ᴱ✶ŋu̯a “together” and some elaboration of the root ᴱ√ALA “spread”, the basis of “tree” words, so probably originally “✱together spread(ing)”. In The Gnomish Grammar it had the form gôloth (GG/8) and in Gnomish Lexicon Slips the form gawlas derived from primitive ᴱ✶ŋgwa-alassa (PE13/114).
Gnomish
glâ
noun. day, daytime
glâm
noun. hatred, loathing, fierce hate
glâs
noun. brilliance, clarity
glass
noun. brilliance, clarity
aina
adjective. small
alm(oth)
noun. forest
alos
noun. forest
danuin
masculine name. Day
dân
noun. day
galwen
noun. brilliance
gawlas
noun. forest
goloth
noun. forest
ineg
adjective. small
inig
adjective. small
A noun for “forest” the Gnomish Lexicon with an archaic variant †aloth, apparently an elaboration of G. âl “wood” (GL/19). In Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s it appeared as ᴱN. aulos “forest”, but this word was deleted (PE13/137).