cáno

commander

cáno ("k") noun "commander", usually as the title of a lesser chief, especially one acting as the deputy of one higher in rank (PM:345, SA:káno PM:362 indicates that cáno originially meant "crier, herald"); "ruler, governor, chieftain" (UT:400), "leader" (PE17:113).Masc. name Cáno, see Canafinwë. The word cáno ("k") also occurred in the Etymologies with the gloss "chief", but Tolkien changed it to cánë "valour" (VT45:19).

cáno

noun. commander, chief(tain), ruler, governor; †crier, herald

Cognates

• S. -gon “lord, prince, lord, prince; [N.] valour”
• T. cáno “herald” ✧ PM/362

Derivations

• ✶kānō “leader, ruler; crier, herald” ✧ PM/362
  • √KAN “cry aloud; (Q. only) command; lead, rule, cry aloud; (Q. only) command; lead, rule; [ᴹ√] dare” ✧ PE17/113; PM/361
• √KAN “cry aloud; (Q. only) command; lead, rule, cry aloud; (Q. only) command; lead, rule; [ᴹ√] dare” ✧ UT/400

Element in

• Q. Aracáno “High Chieftain” ✧ PM/345
• Q. Canafinwë “Strong-voiced Finwë”
• Q. Findecáno “*Hair Commander” ✧ PM/345
• Q. incánu “mind master”
• ᴺQ. nórecáno “governer, (lit.) country-leader”
• ᴺQ. nóriecáno “president”
• Q. tercáno “herald”
• Q. Turucáno “Ruling Lord, *(lit.) Victory Commander” ✧ PE17/117; PM/345

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶kānō > káno	[kānō] > [kāno]	✧ PM/362
√kan- > cáno	[kānō] > [kāno]	✧ UT/400

Variations

• kāno ✧ PE17/117 (kāno)
• káno ✧ PM/345; PM/362; SA/káno

incáno

mind master

incáno or incánu ("k"), noun "mind master" (PE17:155), cf. cáno.

tercáno

herald

tercáno noun "herald" (PM:362)

tercáno

noun. herald

Element in

• ᴺQ. Erutercáno “prophet, (lit.) God-herald”

Elements

Word	Gloss
ter	“through”
cáno	“commander, chief(tain), ruler, governor; †crier, herald”

Variations

• terkáno ✧ PM/362

Turucáno

turgon

Turucáno ("k") masc. name "Turgon" (PM:344). The meaning is something like "powerful commander" (see cáno). Another version gives Turondo "lord of stone" as the Q name of Turgon(d). (PE17:115), with a wholly distinct final element.

incánu

noun. mind master

Element in

• Q. incánussë “mind mastership” ✧ PE17/155

Elements

Word	Gloss
IN(ID)	“mind, (inner) thought, inmost heart, inner senses”
cáno	“commander, chief(tain), ruler, governor; †crier, herald”

Variations

• in-kāno/u ✧ PE17/155

Canafinwë

strong-voiced or ?commanding finwë

Canafinwë masc. name "strong-voiced or ?commanding Finwë"; his Sindarin name was Maglor (see Macalaurë). Short Quenya name Cáno. (PM:352)