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With a rich background stretching back decades in time, the various Warhammer games contain a vast array of names (of people, places, items, and so on). Many of these names are original, but some happen to have a meaning in the real world, as obscure terms, foreign words, or cultural references. This page lists some of these underlying etymologies for your edification. Note that some of these are best guesses (speculative fan theory) rather than confirmed derivations.
Where a name is followed by the symbol ¹, if you hover over or click on that symbol you will see when that name was first mentioned in a publication.
| Name | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Arka Zargul ¹ | Arthur Scargill (1938-), a British trade unionist that led the 1984-85 UK miners' strike. See also: Een McWrecker. [WHFB Dwarf] |
| Dwarf | Dwarf, a supernatural being in European mythology. [WHFB Dwarf] |
| Finehelm ¹ | See: Gimbrin Finehelm. [WHFB Dwarf] |
| Gimbrin Finehelm ¹ | Blend of Gimli and Durin, dwarves in the Middle-earth setting created by J. R. R. Tolkien (1892-1973) + "fine", good quality + "helm", armour for the head. [WHFB Dwarf] |
| Haslefriesian ¹ | See: Sven Haslefriesian. [WHFB Dwarf] |
| Sven Haslefriesian ¹ | The Magnificent Seven (1960), a Western film remake of Seven Samurai + David Hasselhoff (1952-), lead actor from Knight Rider + "Frisian", from Frisia in Northwest Europe. [WHFB Dwarf] |
| Voltsvagn ¹ | Volkswagen, a German car manufacturer. [WHFB Dwarf Vehicle] |
| Zargul ¹ | See: Arka Zargul. [WHFB Dwarf] |
| Inspiration | |
| Warhammer Setting | The Dark Tongue; Daemonic Names; Lexicon; Short Stories; Cut-ups; Cool Stuff |
| Art | Golden Demon; Nurglesque Music |
| Speculation | Chaos God Correspondence; Dark Heresy Backgrounds; Sevenfold Path; Sevenrot; Seven Deadly Sins |
| Real World References | Nergal in Mesopotamian History; Symbolism of Three Circles; Symbolism of Seven |
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