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Q. háno n. “brother” (Category: Brother)

Q. háno, n. “brother” (Category: Brother): ᴱQ. herendo “brother”; ᴱQ. hestaner “brother”; ᴱQ. hestanu “brother”

A word for “brother” coined by Tolkien in notes on Eldarin Hands, Fingers and Numerals from the late 1960s, based on the root √KHAN of the same meaning (VT47/14). It had a diminutive/affectionate variant hanno used as a play name for the middle finger in several places in these notes (VT47/12; VT48/6).

Conceptual Development: The Etymologies of the 1930s had ᴹQ. toron “brother” from the root ᴹ√TOR (Ety/TOR), and the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s had ᴱQ. herendo “brother” from the early root ᴱ√HESE¹ (QL/40). See those entries for discussion.

Reference ✧ VT47/14 ✧ hāno “brother”

Element In

ᴺQ. !höahan “big brother (informal/familiar)”
ᴺQ. !nityahan “little brother (informal/familiar)”
ᴺQ. !vinyahan “younger brother”
ᴺQ. !yárahan “older brother”

Cognates

S. †hawn “brother” ✧ VT47/14 (†hawn)
T. háno “brother” ✧ VT47/14 (hāno)

Derivations

< √KHAN¹ “brother” ✧ VT47/14

Phonetic Developments

√KHAN > hāno

[kʰāno] > [xāno] > [hāno]

✧ VT47/14

Q. hanno n. “brother (diminutive)” (Category: Brother)

See Q. háno for discussion.

References ✧ VT47/12, 26, 34; VT48/6

Glosses

“brother” ✧ VT47/12; VT47/26; VT47/26; VT47/34; VT48/6

hanno “brother” is [per Note 22, VT47/14] a colloquial derivative of the same type as nette “sister (diminutive)” ✧ VT47/12

Cognates

S. honeg “brother (diminutive)” ✧ VT48/6
T. hanna “brother” ✧ VT48/6
T. hannacë “brother [diminutive]” ✧ VT48/6 (hanna(ke))

Derivations

< √KHAN¹ “brother” ✧ VT47/26; VT47/34

Phonetic Developments

√khan > hanno	[kʰanno] > [xanno] > [hanno]	✧ VT47/26
√khan > hanno	[kʰanno] > [xanno] > [hanno]	✧ VT47/34