háno noun "brother", colloquially also hanno (VT47:12, 14). It is unclear whether Tolkien, by introducing this form, abandoned the older (TLT) word toron (q.v.)
Quenya
hanno
brother
háno
brother
háno
noun. 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√HESE (QL/40). See those entries for discussion.
Cognates
Derivations
- √KHAN “brother” ✧ VT47/14
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √KHAN > hāno [kʰāno] > [xāno] > [hāno] ✧ VT47/14 Variations
- hāno ✧ VT47/14
onóro
brother
onóro noun "brother" (of blood-kinship) (TOR, NŌ (WŌ) )
toron
brother
toron (torn- as in pl. torni) noun "brother" (TOR; a later source gives háno, hanno [q.v.] as the word for "brother", leaving the status of toron uncertain)
otorno
brother, sworn brother, [male] associate
otorno noun "brother, sworn brother, [male] associate" (TOR, WŌ). Cf. osellë.
hes
noun. *sibling
Cognates
- ᴺS. hest “sibling”
Derivations
- ᴺ✶. KHETH “sibling, consanguinity”
hanno noun "brother" (a colloquial form, cf. háno), also used in children's play for "middle finger" (VT47:12, 14, VT48:4, 6)