Early Quenya
hestanu
noun. brother
Variations
- hestanoinu ✧ QL/040
hestanoinu
noun. brother
hestaner
noun. brother
herendo
noun. brother
Cognates
- G. hethos “brother”
Variations
- herēro ✧ QL/040
heréro
noun. brother
Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!
A word for “brother” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with numerous variants: herendo or herēro, hestaner, and hesta(noi)nu, all based on the early root ᴱ√HESE that was the basis for “brother” and “sister” words (QL/40). Of these Tolkien said herendo/herēro was the “ordinary word”, and herendo appeared in the Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa (PME/40).