A noun for “bark” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/63), apparently based on the early root ᴱ√PARA [PAÐA?] which might mean “peel” (QL/72).
Gnomish
dâf
noun. bark
dafros
noun. bark, skin, peel
Changes
daus→ dâf ✧ PE13/112Variations
- dâf ✧ PE13/112
- daus ✧ PE13/112 (
daus)
padhwen
noun. bark
Derivations
- ᴱ√PARA “*peel”
A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “bark, skin, peel”, related to the verb G. daf- “strip, flay, peel skin” (GL/29). In Gnomish Lexicon Slips modifying that document, Tolkien instead gave {daus >>} dâf “bark” (PE13/112).