Eldamo : Quenya : han-

Q. han- pref. “*back as an answer or return by another agent” (Category: Again)

Q. han-, pref. “*back as an answer or return by another agent” (Category: Again)

A prefix derived from a root √KHAN that apparently replaced TŌ/OTO “back as an answer, or return by another agent to an action affecting him as in answering, replying, avenging, requiting, repaying, rewarding” and so presumably with a similar meaning, especially given hanquenta “answer” (PE17/166).

Reference ✧ PE17/166 ✧ han “*back as an answer or return by another agent”

Element In

ᴺQ. !hancardanen “in return, (lit.) by acting in response”
ᴺQ. !hanquet- “to answer, *respond”
Q. hanquenta “answer” ✧ PE17/166

Derivations

< √KHAN² “back” ✧ PE17/166

Phonetic Developments

√KHAN > han

[kʰan-] > [xan-] > [han-]

✧ PE17/166