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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 |
|---|---|
| Alarielle | See: Ariel. [WHFB Elf HighElf AoS Order Aelf Sylvaneth God] |
| Branchwych | "Branch", tree limb + "witch", female magician. [AoS Order Aelf Sylvaneth] |
| Drycha Hamadreth | Welsh drych, "mirror" + Hamadryad, a tree spirit in Greek mythology. [AoS Order Aelf Sylvaneth] |
| Durthu | Welsh dâr, "oak". [WHFB Treeman AoS Order Aelf Sylvaneth] |
| Hamadreth | See: Drycha Hamadreth. [AoS Order Aelf Sylvaneth] |
| Kurnoth | See: Kurnous. [AoS Order Aelf Sylvaneth] |
| Skaeth | Scots skaith, "harm". [AoS Order Aelf Sylvaneth] |
| Sylvaneth | "Sylvan", pertaining to forests. [AoS Order Aelf Sylvaneth] |
| 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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