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Cool project. I enjoyed some of your previous books. Q: what's the story behind your nickname ("Raganwald"), assuming it's a nickname?
by fermigier 10y ago
Cool project. I enjoyed some of your previous books.
Q: what's the story behind your nickname ("Raganwald"), assuming it's a nickname?
- braythwayt 10y agoThe English name “Reginald” is cognate with the Nordic names “Ragnvoldr” and “Ragnvald.” I made up the name “Raganwald” in the 1970s—possibly for a D&D character—and kept it as a nerdy nickname through the eras of BBS’s, newsgroups, email, &c.
- eternalban 10y agoInteresting that Regina is queen in Latin and Vald is ruler in old Germanic. (Ragn apparently means judgment or advice in old Germanic.)
- Pamar 10y agoKing in Latin is Rex (Nominative) but other cases like Genitive (Regis) drop the X in favor of a G. So R+G is the key element for King (and Queen). Also Regnum (Reign).
- braythwayt 10y agoI believe it’s all cognate with Raj, due to the influence of Sanskrit on Indo-European languages.
- eternalban 10y agoI would argue 'Rex' is closer to Avestan (old Persian) Rastar than Sanskrit Rājati. (In shared words between these two Indo-Iranian languages, Sanskrit 'j' typically is 's' in Avestan.)