Eldamo : Sindarin : canath

S. canath n. “quarter” (Category: Fraction, Division)

S. canath, n. “quarter, *one fourth” (Category: Fraction, Division)

A Sindarin word for a “quarter” [one fourth], also used as the name of a coin worth one fourth of a mirian (PM/45). The suffix -(a)th is likely related to the Quenya fractional suffix -sta; compare Q. canasta “one fourth”.

Reference ✧ PM/45 ✧ ᴸN. canath “quarter”

canath “quarter” is in Gondor used for a silver coin, the fourth part of the mirian ✧ PM/45
ᴺS. !oreth “hour” cf. canath “quarter”

Cognates

Q. ca(na)sta “one fourth”
Wes. tharni “farthing” ✧ PM/45

Derivations

< √KANAT “four”