Quenya
findecáno
masculine name. *Hair Commander
Changes
- Finicáno → Findicáno ✧ PM/361
- Findicáno → Findecáno ✧ PM/361
Cognates
- S. Fingon “Hair Shout” ✧ PM/345; PMI/Fingon
Elements
Word Gloss findë “hair (especially of the head), tress or plait of hair, hair (especially of the head); tress or plait of hair, [ᴹQ.] braid of hair” cáno “commander, chief(tain), ruler, governor; †crier, herald” Variations
- Findekáno ✧ PM/345; PMI/Fingon
- Finicáno ✧ PM/361; PMI/Fingon
- Findicáno ✧ PM/361; PMI/Fingon
The Quenya name of S. Fingon, a compound of findë “hair” and cáno “commander” (PM/345). The initial element of his name alluded to, but was not directly derived from, his grandfather’s name Finwë (PM/345).
Conceptual Development: In earlier genealogy tables, his name was given as Finicáno. In the last such table, he appeared as Findicáno >> Findecáno (PM/361).