Thread:KnaboKnehtaz/@comment-3391671-20171112120704/@comment-28254399-20171124072334

GreenMoriyama wrote: Could I ask for etymologies of all the custom champions I've released thus far, including the upcoming one who goes by the name of ""? Would be much appreciated.

If I haven't informed you, I've placed the etymology for Izo/Bolverk already. Much appreciated. Greetings, friend Green [Midori?] Moriyama!

I feel honored to have contributed something to Izo's lore.

As for, I will explain as well as format etymologies in compatible forms.

From your champ-page, I've learnt that Velsi Jhorn is a Bilgawater champ. It seemed that Bilgewater is not an ancient, traditional, & venerable civilization, but a hustling-&-bustling late bloomer, with a very diverse ethnic composition.


 * In real-life, Velsi is a Roman surname from Etruscan root *vels-, with unknown meaning. In-universe, the surname Velsi's meaning has been lost to time.
 * The name Jhorn possibly comes from:
 * Old Norse hjarn, from Proto-Germanic *herznan "frozen snow" . In-universe, hjarn is an archaic word for "frozen snow", which only Freljordians still use, owing to their frequent interactions with snow, frost, ice, etc.
 * Old Norse járn, from Proto-Germanic *isarnan < Proto-Celtic *isarnom "blood-red metal" < *h₁ésh₂r̥ "blood" . In-universe, Freljordian járn & Common cognate iron both originate from an ancient loanword *isarnan, a metal which becomes blood-red when corroded; as Proto-Freljordians were originally Icesmiths & didn't know, much less mine or use iron.