Article contents
Many proper names in Mother of Learning are taken from the real world or constructed like one except from an invented root instead of a natural one. This page collects the notes on the origin of proper names which do not have their own articles.
| Name | Chapter no. | Note on possible name origin |
|---|---|---|
| Chariot | 5 | Compare Croatian "kolovoz" ("August" or "carriageway"), which appears to be composed from "kolo" ("wheel") and "voz" ("cart")[1] |
| Sumrak | 38 | Serbo-Croatian for "twilight". Might be a wordplay on Zorian (if the latter is assumed to be derived from "zora" ("dawn" in Serbo-Croatian) or its cognate in another Slavic language preserving the -j- in proto-Slavic *zorja). |
| Book of Zikiel | 33 | wikipedia:Book of Ezekiel. (Given that Triumvirate Church copies a Christian church[2] in the real world, one letter difference probably isn't significant). |
| Gepid | 78 | Possibly from "Gepids" (name of an Eastern Germanic tribe) |
Other name trivia
- "Fearsome Catfish" alliterates in the author's native language, Croatian.
References
- ↑ In author's words: "2. It’s the height of summer, so I was thinking August. Which is Kolovoz in Croatian, hence me taking about ‘first of Chariot’ in the story, since it made sense in my head." [1]
- ↑ In author's words: "the Triumvirate Church has lots of branches, and a fairly extensive hierarchy. I won’t lie, the Catholic Church was my primary inspiration here." [2]
Sources & history
Name origin · Mother of Learning Wiki
Source revision 6160
Adapted from Fandom. CC-BY-SA
Retrieved 2026-11-04 · Article version 1