Pool where the ship of the sun rested at night (LT1/187), a compound of faskalan “bath” and the genitive of núme “west”, as suggested by Christopher Tolkien (LT1A/Faskala-númen).
Early Quenya
faskalan
noun. bath
faskala-númen
proper name. Bath of the Setting Sun
A word appearing as faskala as an element in the name ᴱQ. Faskala-númen “Bath of the Setting Sun”, also appearing as standalone Faskalan (LT1/187), so probably meaning “bath”. As pointed out by Christopher Tolkien, it is probably related to G. fôs “bath” (LT1A/Faskala-númen).