echil

collective name. Followers

Sindarin equivalent of Q. Hildor “Followers” as a name for Men (WJ/219). It is clearly derived from the same root √KHIL, but otherwise its etymology is unclear. Another Sindarin term with a similar meaning is Aphadon.

Cognates

• Q. Hildor “Men, Aftercomers, (lit.) Followers” ✧ WJ/219; WJI/Echil; WJ/219; WJI/Hildor

echil

noun. follower

echil

noun. human being

echil

noun. follower

Derivations

• √KHIL “follow (behind)”

Element in

• S. Echil “Followers” ✧ WJ/219

aphadrim

noun. followers, men (elvish name for men)

aphadon

noun. follower

aphadon

noun. man (elvish name for men)

aphadon

noun. follower

Element in

• S. Aphadon “Men, (lit.) Followers” ✧ WJ/387

Elements

Word	Gloss
aphad-	“to follow”
-on	“masculine suffix”

Variations

• Aphadon ✧ WJ/387

bŷr

noun. follower, vassal

bŷr

follower

*bŷr (vassal; construct byr). No distinct pl. form except with article (i mŷr). Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” bior, beor. FOLLOWER (used as a term for Mortal Man, the "follower" of the Elves): Aphadon (pl. Ephedyn, coll. pl. Aphadrim) (WJ:387). Also echil (no distinct pl. form); coll. pl. ?echillath