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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 |
|---|---|
| Raidocks Timmowit ¹ | Radox, a toiletry brand founded in 1908 + Timotei, a shampoo brand launched in the 1980s. [WHFB Halfling] |
| Raybees ¹ | Rabies, a fatal infectious disease. [WHFB Halfling] |
| Rumbelow Sheepskin | Blend of "rumble" (a continuous low and heavy sound) and "bellow" (a deep roar) + "sheepskin", a tanned fleece. The name as a whole references the imp-like man, Rumpelstiltskin, from European mythology. [BloodBowl Halfling] |
| Samgaff ¹ | Corruption of Samwise Gamgee, a hobbit from The Lord of the Rings (1954-1955) by J. R. R. Tolkien. [WHFB Halfling] |
| Sheepskin | See: Rumbelow Sheepskin. [BloodBowl Halfling] |
| Timmowit ¹ | See: Raidocks Timmowit. [WHFB Halfling] |
| 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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