Thread:KnaboKnehtaz/@comment-3391671-20171112120704/@comment-28254399-20171114013404

GreenMoriyama wrote:

How would you play on the "ice" part? As in, how would you intertail that part of linguistics to his name, background, etc. I'm sure a quick read of his bio (if you haven't done so already) will give you more sense of what I mean for that part. I've read his bio, which, imo, was detail-rich, well-written; it adds many nuaces & depth to Izo & dispel many stereotypes about the "tribalistic", primitive, war-like Freljordians; I especially like his tribe's the Northern Gale, 's aspiration for nobility & their specialty in craftsmanship & their phisohy that violence should be the last resort. As his people were crafts-artists who deal with True ice, I think that even the monothematic (one-theme) name Izo conveys his parents' pride at their & his heritage, as well as hope in their new-born son.

As such, I think you can simply explain his name like this:


 * Izo  is a diminutive of Proto-Germanic name elements:  *isan  > Engl. "ice"