Thread:KnaboKnehtaz/@comment-3391671-20171112120704/@comment-28254399-20171112172503

GreenMoriyama wrote: Hello Knabo,

Wished to ask a request in regards to the name of a champion concept that I've made and am continually updating. His name is "Izo," and I've been trying to pinpoint a proper origin of the name. I've seen it around, but my brief online-check brings what I assume to be unclear answers. If could help me clarify what the name, or term, may mean or originate from, it would be very helpful.

Thank you in advance. Greetings, GreenMoriyama.

Izo, a phonemically memorable name. Foerstemann posited that Izo-Yso was a diminutive, shortened from two-part Germanic names begining with Is-, which means "Ice"; & to a lesser extent Isa(r)n- , which means "Iron"; the main villain in the Renard literary cycle is also a wolf named Ysengrim = "Iron grim(ace)". Since LoL universe is a fantasy one, one-part name is perfectly legitimate.

Interestingly, Germanic *isarnan is borrowed from Celtic *isarnom & originally means "blood-red (metal)" from *h₁ésh₂r̥- "blood". Your proposed name strongly gives me a mental image of a Freljordian, Demacian, or Noxian champion, or he could've been of mixed parentage