Category Archives: etymology

The story that I’m working on has some odd names, so I thought I’d put them up for people who might be interested.

Prince < princeps < prismo – kaps

Byzas – the Prince of Bosporus (not related to the historical person or place)

Fejedelem - Crown Prince of Niphad (Fejedelen means: king. Niphad means: abounding in snow)

Faeger – Fejedelem’s friend and retainer (means: fair or blond)

Niphobolos – a native of Niphad (means: snow clad). 

And a word I dearly love but probably won’t use: Myrmidon (ant people) These are the followers of Akilles in The Iliad.