Eldamo : Gnomish : taus

G. taus adj. “shaggy” (Category: Hair (other))

⚠️G. taus, adj. “shaggy” (Category: Hair (other)): ᴺS. !fastui “shaggy, hairy, hirsute”

An adjective in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “shaggy” which Tolkien said was related to G. tus (GL/72), likely a reference to tûs- (tausi-) “tease wool, comb out” (GL/69). Both these words may also be connected to ✶tou̯ “wool”; compare ᴱQ. aule “shaggy” < ᴱ√OWO, the basis of “wool” words in the contemporaneous Qenya Lexicon (QL/71).

Reference ✧ GL/69 ✧ “shaggy”

taus “shaggy” cp. tus ✧ GL/69

Derivations

< ᴱ✶tou̯ “wool”