Warhammer Etymology
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Hecaton Aiakos: Gr. ἑκατόν/hekaton, 'one hundred', and Αἰακός, Aeacus, grandfather of Achilles and Telamonian Aias.
Sigmar: Undoubtedly Ger. 'sieg', 'victory'; perhaps specifically from the hero Siegfried (Sigurd to the Norse).
Ivanus Enkomi: Gr. ἐγκώμιον/encomium, a song of praise. Ivanus is cod-Latin - Ivan stems from L. Ioannes/Gr. Ἰωάννης
Hamath Kraatos: Gr. κράτος/kratos (not pronounced cray-tose, thank you very much), 'might'.
Tamurkhan: The Turkic title хаан/khan, 'king', and Tamurlane ("Timur the Lame", 1336-1405), Turko-Mongol despot.
Callidus assassin: L. 'callidus', 'cunning'. The arch-deceivers among assassins.
Kislev: Heb. כִּסְלֵו/Kisle(v), a winter month spanning Nov-Dec; possibly influenced by 'Slav'.
Lion El'Jonson: From the English poet Lionel Johnson (1867-1902), author of "The Dark Angel".
Manann: From Manannán mac Lir, a sea god of Irish myth.
Astragoth: The goddess Ashteroth (the CDs've got that Babylonian thing going on) and Ostrogoth (it sounds cool).
Cryptek: A delightful compression of 'crypt', 'cryptic' (both from Gr. κρύπτειν/kryptein, 'to conceal') and 'tech'.
Canoptek: 'Canopic', as in Canopic jars (this is a post-Ward Tomb World, after all) incorporating 'tech'.
Talos Pain Engine: Gr. Τάλως/Talos, the bronze colossus animated by Hephaestus to guard the island of Crete.
Leman Russ: Hmm. Doesn't look like he's named for 'leman', 'sweetheart'.
Autarch: Gr. αὔτος/autos, self; άρχων/archon, ruler. Cf. αὐτοκράτωρ/autocrator, commander-in-chief
Skaven: Rec. 'scabies' and 'craven', encapsulating both their diseased state and fundamental timorousness.
Sslyth: Rec. slither as well as the sibilance of snakes' voices.
Ur-ghul: Ger. ur, primitive/primeval (as evidenced by their eyelessness and savagery); ghul ess. ghoul
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