Eldamo : Early Quenya : málos

ᴱQ. málos n. “forest” (Category: Woods, Forest)

⚠️ᴱQ. málos, n. “forest” (Category: Woods, Forest): Q. taurë “forest, (great) wood”

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√ALA² “spread”, the basis of “tree” words, so probably originally “*together spread(ing)” or something to that effect.

References ✧ GL/41; LT2A/Golosbrindi

Glosses

“forest” ✧ LT2A/Golosbrindi

Variations

málos ✧ LT2A/Golosbrindi
mālos ✧ GL/41

Cognates

G. goloth “forest” ✧ GL/41; LT2A/Golosbrindi

Derivations

< ᴱ✶ŋgua-aloþ- ✧ GL/41
- < malosta < ŋgua-aloþ- ✧ GL/41

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ✶ŋgua-aloþ- > malosta > mālos

[ŋgʷāloθ] > [ŋʷāloθ] > [ŋʷālos] > [mālos]

✧ GL/41