Word
Creation
The
Etymology of Shatterish & Geisten Words
To add
color to The Smut Sagas, I have used many exotic words as well as
creating a few of my own in an attempt to bring the languages of the gods to
life. Many people have asked me about
these words, and although I did not keep up with it at the time of creation, I
am supplying a list of those that I can remember. Since all language comes from Shatterish, I
sometimes create words by utilizing other languages, primarily Egyptian,
Hebrew, Latin, Greek, German, and Russian.
Frequently I examine the etymology of a word and choose an older
form. Another method I use is anagrams
of two or more combined words. Some of
the words are just word play, sounding similar to a word, or using a piece of
the word. Many plants and animals are
the actual scientific names, or plays on those names. Geist family names are
the scientific classification family name of a specific plant. And sometimes I just use silly words for
shits and giggles; for example, my levitation potion is the levitation potion
from Morrowind with all the ingredients spelled backwards.
Fact: -
grimoire comes from the Old French gramaire, meaning “grammar,” the
study of language construction.
adoc
flower – reverse of coda flower, a nod to Morrowind
amart
shrub – reverse of trama, a nod to Morrowind
amba – The Udege and Nanai
name for the revered Siberian tiger
ariapeg – from aria, Italian meaning ‘air’ + Pegasus, the winged horse
attethaa –
from Egyptian attet, meaning ‘word’. (att – ‘speak,
manifest’) +
Egyptian haa,
meaning ‘breath of life’.
atomus – Latin atomus, meaning ‘indivisible’
Aur Vena
Amoris –
from Hebrew aur, meaning’ fire’, or ‘mystic light’ + Latin from vena
amoris, meaning ‘vein of love’
boejjea – from Russian bozhestvo
meaning ‘deity, god, divinity, godhead, idol, demigod’
bomothe – a play on the biblical word behemoth, meaning large
creature
brimbleblatt – cockroaches are insects of the order Blattaria or Blattodea
+ brimstone (burn stone) the biblical name for sulfur.
capra – the genus of goat is Capra
chepritera – Chepri or
Khepri, is an ancient Egyptian god associated with the scarab beetle + ptera
is from the Greek pteron, meaning ‘wing’. Also, Coleoptera is the scientific
order of beetles.
cobradarlings – pitcher plants are of the genus Darlingtonia and are
commonly known as cobra plants
coid – from the scientific name of the superfamilies Astacoidea
and Parastacoidea of which crawfish are members
Conjucti
Oneiroi – from Latin conjunctus,
meaning “joined, connected” + Oneiroi, the Greek Dream gods
cucur vine – a gourd is a plant of the family Cucurbitaceae
darwinites – from species name Mastotermes
darwiniensis, the giant northern termite
datakerefsh – from Latin data, meaning ‘something given’ + Avestan kerefsh,
meaning ‘form, body’
deoxyribo – from Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)
dred – from the Tibetan
transliteration of Yeti, g.ya’ dred. Dred, Tibetan for ‘bear’, is pronounced ‘tre’
with the ‘r’ almost inaudible.
droseros – Droseros is the Genus name of sundew plants
eleazar – Hebrew, variant of Lazarus, meaning ‘God is my help’
ercuss
tree – the cork oak species
name is Quercus suber
eskharasaurus – from Greek eskhara, meaning ‘hearth, scab caused by
burning’ + Greek sauros meaning ‘lizard’
eyekos – a play on the word psychopomp
fragmentum – from Latin fragmentum, meaning ‘a broken piece, remnant’, equivalent to frag
(stem of frangere ‘to break’) +
Latin ment, mentum a suffix denoting an action or resulting state
Geist – German for spirit
Geola – Old English, Gēola aka ‘Yule’
gogo – a play on the word ibogaine
heterochiral – I didn’t make this word up.
It is in the dictionary. From
Greek héteros, meaning ‘the other of two, other, different’ + Greek cheír, meaning hand + al, a suffix meaning
‘to have the character of’and found in loanwords from Latin
hul gil – Sumerian for opium poppies, meaning ‘joy plant’
iya – Rastafari language, meaning ‘higher’
Jörmunrsul – from Old Saxon Irminsul ‘great/mighty or arising
pillar’. Jörmunr is the Old Norse
form of Irmin, a name of Odin. (related to Yggdrasil, Odin’s sacrificial tree
as the mythic prototype)
Kinder – German word for children
Khahuhrus – from Egyptian kha, meaning ‘belly, body’ + Gothic huhrus
meaning ‘hunger’
khurliches – from Slavic chrlič meaning ‘gargoyle’
Koslovea – anagram of kaos
+ love
krysphaira – from kry, Greek
meaning ‘frozen, transparent, aka crystalline’ + Greek sphaira, meaning
‘sphere’. Also referencing krypton, a
rare gas. (note to self: I don’t know why this word is capitalized in
my books. Probably an error)
Kybos - from Greek kybos meaning ‘cube’
kyriotites – from Greek kyrios,
meaning ‘an owner, possessor’, also kyriotēs, meaning “dominion”+
Greek itēs; meaning ‘a member or component of a part of the body’
lerrab-teews – reverse of sweet barrel, a nod to Morrowind
makhennu – Egyptian makhennu,
meaning boat or ark of the dead, in which they crossed safely.
maru-kabuta – Egyptian word maru-kabuta , meaning ‘chariot’
Medianus
Iteru – from Latin medianus ‘of the
middle’, + Iteru , the ancient
Egyptian name for the Nile, meaning ‘great river’
moko – from Mangaia mythology, Moko is king of the lizards. Also, the
Oligosoma moco is a species of skink
mort – Latin stem of mors, meaning ‘death’
mruqs – air-breathing snails and slugs belong to the taxonomic
category Sigmurethra + Latin mucus, meaning “slime, mold, snot”
muth – Hebrew word muth, meaning ‘the abode of the dead’
muzkah – This is a word play of Muscomorpha, the infraorder of
carrion flies.
nast – from Russian nast, meaning ‘crust formed on snow by
partial thawing and subsequent refreezing due to wind’
nesierax – synonym for falcon used by Harry Church Oberholser
naxomot – a word play on the
groundhog species name of Marmota monax
olifant – Middle English olifaunt,
meaning ‘elephant’, also a nod to oliphaunts of Tolkien lore
Ordearth – anagram of order + death
phalaris
mons-avon
– Phalaris is the genus for reed canary grass
+ mons- avon ? monoamine oxidase inhibitor ? monocots?
I can’t find the reference.
polarisvertere – from Latin polaris,
meaning ‘polar’+ Latin vertere, meaning ‘to turn’
praw – from
Proto-Indo-European preu, meaning ‘to jump’
psylocybe-eris – variant spelling of mushroom genus Psilocybe + Eris,
the Greek goddess of chaos
Qibbus
Fields – from Modern Hebrew qibbus
meaning ‘a gathering together’
Quietus,
The – from Medieval Latin quitus meaning ‘at rest’
quuscallus – from Equus ferus caballus, subspecies of horse
recarffilc – reverse of cliff racer, a nod to Morrowind
replisected – from replicate,
Latin replicātus meaning
‘bent back’ + sect from Latin secāre,
meaning ‘to cut’
risorgimento
– I didn’t make this one up.
It is in the dictionary. From
Italian risorg ( ere ) ‘to rise again’ + Latin ment, mentum a suffix
denoting an action or resulting state
rudis – from Latin rudis meaning ‘unlearned, untrained’
rueion – from Syrian rue (Peganum harmala) + -ion, a Latin
suffix indicating action or condition
saybah – from ceiba (pronounced
say-bah) tree. The Mayans believe the
ceiba tree is the sacred Tree of Life.
scuzzlewugs – means hamster, but I can’t find any source words. I vaguely remember pulling this out of my
ass. (and yes, I know that’s double funny!)
semilanceata – Semilanceata is the species name of the liberty cap mushroom
Shatter – from German schatten,
meaning ‘shadow’
sherauhuh – sherau, Egyptian, meaning ‘pubescent’ + huh,
Hebrew, meaning ‘ to desire, long for, sigh for’
shphirhaahuh – shphir, from Hebrew shaphar meaning ‘ beautiful, beauty, elegance’ + haa,
Egyptian, meaning ‘breath of life’ + huh, Hebrew, meaning ‘to desire,
long for, sigh for’
siphs – fleas are of the order Siphonaptera
Slukhtis – from slukhtis, Proto-Germanic meaning ‘slaughter of
many in battle’
Solanaceae – Solanaceae is the scientific family name of nightshade
spithre – from Middle English spithre, meaning ‘spider’
taus – from Melek Taus, peacock figure from the Kurdish
religion Yezidism
telephainesthai
– from Greek tele meaning ‘far’ + Greek phaínesthai menaing ‘to appear’
Tenfkep – from Egyptian tenf, meaning ‘dead ancestor’ + Egyptian
kep, meaning ‘concealed place, sanctuary, typhonian’
Terrasvefn – from Latin terra, meaning ‘earth’ + Old Norse svefn
‘a dream’
Thordrea - anagram of order
+ death
thos - from Greek thōs,
meaning ‘jackal’
tipitiwitchet – slang term for Venus fly trap possibly referencing the vagina
tolguacha – Mexicans call Datura wrightii tolguacha
transperceptify
/ transperceptification – from Latin trans,
meaning ‘across,beyond, through’ + percept from Latin perceptum, meaning ‘something perceived’+ fy or fication,
a suffix meaning ‘to make, cause , or render’
transversum – from Latin trānsversum meaning ‘passage across’
utsupraestinfra – from Latin ut meaning ‘as’ + Latin supra,
meaning ‘above’ + Latin est, meaning ‘is’ + Latin infra, meaning
‘below’
vashigast – from Sanskrit vashi,
meaning ‘to attract or have influence on somebody’ or possibly Malayalam word vashi,
meaning ‘obstinate’ + Old English gāst,
meaning ‘ghost’
Vealokos – anagram of kaos + love
vigghe – from Middle Dutch vigghe meaning ‘young pig’
Voth – a play on the words void
+ death
vowyr – A play on the word devour
wapaq – the Siberian Koryak
name for the fly agaric mushroom is wapaq.
zefragon – a play on the words zephyr
and dragon
zhomzux – from the Algonquin’s
rabbit god, Manabozho + ? zux ? I
can’t remember the source of this.
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