Board Thread:Lore/@comment-25841881-20150512125029/@comment-26360929-20150513203011

Taur is Sindarin for forest, derived from Q. taurë, as GandalftheTurquoise says. Can be found in compounds like Taur-nu-Fuin (Forest under Darkness), used both for a forest in Beleriand and for Mirkwood.