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Gnomish

groth

noun. earth, soil

A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “earth, soil” (GL/42). Its derivation is unclear, but it might be from a strengthened form of the root ᴱ√ROTO “hollow”.

Derivations

  • ᴱ√ROTO “hollow”

Element in

grûda

noun. cave