S. rûdh n. “bald” (Category: Bald)
A word for “bald” in the name Amon Rûdh “Bald Hill” (S/204). It sometimes had a variant rhûg (WJ/187).
Conceptual Development: The Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s had G. cafol or cafalon “bald” from primitive ᴱ✶cas-falon- = “*head-bare” (GL/24).
References ✧ S/204; WJ/187
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G. cafalon adj. “bald, *(lit.) head-naked” (Category: Bald)
References ✧ GL/24
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| cas | “head, skull” |
| falon | “naked” |
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| ᴱ✶cas-falon- > cafalon | [kasfalon] > [kafalon] | ✧ GL/24 |