rostaur

noun. rainforest

A neologism for “rainforest” originally coined by Elaran in 2019 (revised from rostor to rostaur in 2021), a combination of S. ross “rain” and S. taur “forest”.

Cognates

• ᴺQ. rostaurë “rainforest”

Elements

Word	Gloss
ross	“rain; spindrift, spray, foam, rain; spray, spindrift, foam”
taur	“forest, wood, forest, wood, [N.] great wood, [G.] dense wood”