Eldamo : Noldorin : tass

N. tass n. “labour, task” (Category: Work, Labor)

N. tass, n. “labour, task” (Category: Work, Labor)

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “labour, task” derived from ON. tarsa “trouble” under the root ᴹ√TARAS (Ety/TARAS), where rs became ss.

Reference ✧ Ety/TARAS ✧ “labour, task”

ᴺS. drab “labour, toil, irksome work” vs. tass “labour, task”

Derivations

< ON. tarsa “trouble” ✧ Ety/TARAS
- < tars < tarsa ✧ Ety/TARAS
- < ᴹ√TARAS “*trouble” ✧ Ety/TARAS

Phonetic Developments

ON. tarsa > tars > tass

[tarsa] > [tars] > [tass]

✧ Ety/TARAS