Early Quenya
tauno
noun. (great) forest
Cognates
Derivations
- ᴱ√TAVA “beam” ✧ LT1A/Tavari; QL/090
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√TAVA > tauno [taβnō] > [taβno] > [tauno] ✧ QL/090
taure
noun. forest
Cognates
- En. taur “forest”
Derivations
- ᴱ√TAVA “beam”
Element in
- Eq. ar i·súru laustuváro lintataurelasselindon “*and the wind will roar like many forest leaves” ✧ PE16/077; PE16/077
- Eq. Rúsitaurion “Son of the Weary Forest” ✧ LT2/089 (taur-)
- Eq. tauren linqarassean ✧ PE16/080
- Eq. tauren lintyulussean ✧ PE16/080
- Eq. taurelasselindon “like leaves of forests” ✧ MC/213; MC/220; PE16/062; PE16/072; PE16/074
Variations
- taur- ✧ LT2/089 (taur-)
- taurie ✧ PE16/139
taurie
noun. forest
málos
noun. forest
Cognates
- G. goloth “forest” ✧ GL/41; LT2A/Golosbrindi
Derivations
- ᴱ✶ŋgua-aloþ- ✧ GL/41
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ✶ŋgua-aloþ- > malosta > mālos [ŋgʷāloθ] > [ŋʷāloθ] > [ŋʷālos] > [mālos] ✧ GL/41 Variations
- mālos ✧ GL/41
A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s given as the cognate of G. goloth “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)” or something to that effect.