Thread:GreenMoriyama/@comment-28254399-20171222022205

Dear Friend Moriyama,

A long while ago, I posted the very popular Reddit etymology of Rakan's name as literally "Friend, Kinsperson".

Because I treated the "X" in Xayah /'zaja:/ name as the cluster /ks/, the closest real-life noun whose pronunciation matched her name is Sanskrit kṣayá /kʂa'ja:/ "wane, destruction".

However, some Malayan redditors pointed out that there is a Malay word saya, which means "I, me, mine", & Malay sahaya came from Sanskrit सहाय sahāya < सखि sákhaya "companion", ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sokʷH- "follower". Even though Xayah's 2nd etymology is more compatible with the friends & love(rs)-bird(s) theme, TehAnonymous pointed out a long time ago that Rioters were unlikely to go to great lengths to name a champion.

Still, in your opinion, which etymology of Xayah is what Rioters intended? Destrution or Companion? 