Brad Benjamin #492

Hullo! I would like to make a proposition about the attested Sindarin word “egor" (or). There has been a proposed neologism "ege-" (other, else-) from exa and ecés in Quenya, respectively, which both have a root of √KES. So let us say that Tolkien meant for "ege-" to be the word for "other" but, as Sindarin non-verb forms never end in a vowel, Tolkien said that one can simply say “eg-“. This might imply that the the first part of "egor" is that very same "eg-". One can hardly argue that "egor" is not a compound word, even from an elementary analysis of Sindarin semantics. Although we know nothing explicitly about this curious word, "or" and "else" clearly exhibit similar connotations — some sort of choice or list. "Egor" could literally mean “otherwise," like in English, with the second half of the word not meaning "wise" as in “sael,” but something along the lines of "circumstance, situation.” This word could perhaps be “gor," "gaur," "aur," (as if this word didn't have enough meanings!), et cetera, et cetera. This all seems to be hardly a coincidence. I have thought about this for a long time. Please ponder this probability and respond as you will!