Sir_Godspeed Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 (edited) The etymology of Sartar is pretty clear: it's named after its founder, Sartar. But what about Tarsh? Ancestral name? Clan name extended to a kingdom? Pre-existing toponym extended over a greater area from a royal core? Or something else entirely? Edited October 29, 2018 by Sir_Godspeed 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott-martin Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 (edited) 57 minutes ago, Sir_Godspeed said: what about Tarsh I haven't seen any documents but since Arim's regime revolved around a restored earth rite I'd love it if the formal name of the country was actually "Torshi" on the model of the Tadashi Tumulus. Mountain of Tada = Tadashi. Mountain of Sorana Tor = Torshi. Then a few centuries of exposure to New Pelorian shave off that last vowel and raise the one in the middle, giving us the modern "Tarsh(e)". And then there's the once and future Baro Shi, Forang Faro Shi, etc. Edited October 29, 2018 by scott-martin getting the hard earth pantheon in there 5 Quote singer sing me a given Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffjerwin Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 (edited) There's also the prefix Tar- found in many Theyalan names, viz. Tar-Umath, High Storm. I think it means the 'high country'. Edit: Tarena clouds are also the highest clouds in the sky... Edited October 29, 2018 by jeffjerwin 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir_Godspeed Posted October 30, 2018 Author Share Posted October 30, 2018 2 hours ago, jeffjerwin said: There's also the prefix Tar- found in many Theyalan names, viz. Tar-Umath, High Storm. I think it means the 'high country'. Edit: Tarena clouds are also the highest clouds in the sky... "Highlands" would make a lot of sense, if that's the case. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tindalos Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 18 hours ago, scott-martin said: I haven't seen any documents but since Arim's regime revolved around a restored earth rite I'd love it if the formal name of the country was actually "Torshi" on the model of the Tadashi Tumulus. Mountain of Tada = Tadashi. Mountain of Sorana Tor = Torshi. Then a few centuries of exposure to New Pelorian shave off that last vowel and raise the one in the middle, giving us the modern "Tarsh(e)". And then there's the once and future Baro Shi, Forang Faro Shi, etc. 13 hours ago, jeffjerwin said: There's also the prefix Tar- found in many Theyalan names, viz. Tar-Umath, High Storm. I think it means the 'high country'. Edit: Tarena clouds are also the highest clouds in the sky... Both of these, when taken together could result in Tarsh originally being Tarshi, the High Mountain, aka Wintertop. It was originally Arim's people's name for Kerofinela, which got adopted as the name for his kingdom when used by outsiders. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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