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Zocat
Germany2229 Posts
On April 06 2011 23:33 DoubleReed wrote: I don't know where Banshee and Wraith come from (though obviously we know what they are), Banshee is coming from Irish mythology. bean sídhe. It's a "death" spirit (similiar to it's meaning in a shitton of fantasy RPGs / Tabletops (D&D, Warhammer). The sidhe are basically all spirits (see more: wiki) Playing King Arthus (the roleplaying wargame) payed off  | ||
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jcr2001
Singapore53 Posts
I think Roman too. | ||
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GhostFall
United States830 Posts
Japanese for "orders?" | ||
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vyyye
Sweden3917 Posts
On April 06 2011 23:55 Zocat wrote: Banshee is coming from Irish mythology. bean sídhe. It's a "death" spirit (similiar to it's meaning in a shitton of fantasy RPGs / Tabletops (D&D, Warhammer). The sidhe are basically all spirits (see more: wiki) Playing King Arthus (the roleplaying wargame) payed off Could've been slightly based on WoW banshees as well, considering who made the game. In WoW they were female ghosts (as in spirits of dead people, not guys with nukes), essentially. | ||
tofucake
Hyrule19144 Posts
On April 06 2011 23:55 chenchen wrote: You just said that Terran is based on Norse mythology and Protoss is based on Greek . . . then shouldn't the Kraken be a Terran unit? No. The Kraken is Greek. | ||
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SolHeiM
Sweden1264 Posts
Terran "of or pertaining to the planet Earth," | ||
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Heraklitus
United States553 Posts
On April 06 2011 23:45 Jombozeus wrote: Unfortunately for you: 1. Chrono- is a prefix to many words involving time, such as chronology 2. Pylon is an english word meaning the exact same thing 3. Archon is an english word 4. Proto- is a prefix for many english words involving firsts, such as prototype 5. Agriculture As already mentioned, you will find links like this in ANY random essay or even scientific paper because english has inherited a lot from greek anyways. He's right. This is the root of most of it. English is heavily inundated with Greek works, so it's no surprise that it shows up here as well. If you study Ancient Greek (which I have), it's pretty astounding how much of the vocabulary is familiar if know English. | ||
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andrewlt
United States7702 Posts
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Chaosvuistje
Netherlands2581 Posts
Actually, the kraken comes from the norse mythology. It was said to swim around the icelandic regions, I doubt the greek people had any knowledge of iceland at that time. | ||
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legatus legionis
Netherlands559 Posts
Both the Greek and Roman civilizations have contributed a lot to many things in our modern society. Law, Politics, Warfare, Literature, Chemistry, Infrastructure, Language and the list goes on. In language, 3/5ths of the English Vocabulary is from Greek/Latin. Grammar and ~the alphabet are derived from greece. Plurals and singulars from latin maybe? I don't know. With the plural this is a fun example. Singular: agendum, plural: agenda. But overtime we butchered it and now we use agenda as the singular and agendas as the plural. Or datum, data. Into data for both nowadays. It's too much and too detailed, never ending stream of influence but just look it up. It's very interesting. So for the final point. They are not references to ancient society, they are traces of the influence of ancient society on our language. | ||
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Clearout
Norway1060 Posts
On April 07 2011 00:04 Chaosvuistje wrote: We call them salmon. j/kActually, the kraken comes from the norse mythology. It was said to swim around the icelandic regions, I doubt the greek people had any knowledge of iceland at that time. They are indeed from Norse mythology and live in the oceans outside Iceland and Norway. I found it funny when I learned Corsair = pirate, and Arbiter = judge. I guess thats what you get for having English as a second language though. | ||
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tofucake
Hyrule19144 Posts
On April 07 2011 00:04 Chaosvuistje wrote: Actually, the kraken comes from the norse mythology. It was said to swim around the icelandic regions, I doubt the greek people had any knowledge of iceland at that time. Kraken is a Greek word which means squid. | ||
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SolHeiM
Sweden1264 Posts
And they definitely couldn't have borrowed that work from Greek right? | ||
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nttea
Sweden4353 Posts
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tofucake
Hyrule19144 Posts
On April 07 2011 00:13 SolHeiM wrote: And they definitely couldn't have borrowed that work from Greek right? The Norse? I very highly doubt it. | ||
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XavierGr
Greece15 Posts
On April 07 2011 00:11 tofucake wrote: Kraken is a Greek word which means squid. Citation needed, I am Greek and I've never heard that word before. I agree with the others, the Kraken is Norse mythology. | ||
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Centorian
United States95 Posts
example: My smart-phone serves as nexus between home and work. The Nexus serves as a connection between Aiur (or Shakurus) and the Protoss base. Edit: it comes from the latin word for bind... you can actually see the root of Nexus in the word conection | ||
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Bigboss_26
United States49 Posts
On April 06 2011 23:32 awha wrote: whats the movie where a guy (the dad?) keeps insisting that everything was originally from greece? My Big Fat Greek Wedding Why I know this....... blame my fiance. (( "Just spray some windex on it, it'll be fine." )) | ||
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Mulletarian
Norway101 Posts
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Coeus1
Finland160 Posts
And I play protoss. Happy to know my nick was well picked. -) | ||
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