Does “Alethi” come from or have anything to do with the Greek word for truth or is that just a coincidence?
Less serious: does Hoid have all of his fingers?
Alethi is a coincidence. However, it is the sort of coincidence that happens a lot for me in languages, as I often look for a “feel” for a language. Alethi, for example, is a semitic language mashup with some Mediterranean influence. So I’m not surprised if it means something in the right languages. (I did this with Straff and Elend from Mistborn, looking for Germanic-sounding words and accidentally using two words from German.)
Hoid has had fingers chopped off on occasion. I doubt he’s kept them around after the new ones grow in.
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