In 2016, J.K. Rowling revealed the name of the School of Magic in America. Similar to Hogwarts, the American school of magic has a sub-name akin to Hogwarts unlike Durmstrang or Beaubaxton, being an "Institute" and an "Acadamy". The American school is called 'Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry'.
Hogwarts name means something as a theory and to Rowling. The school has statues of flying pigs (Hogs), the name came from a plant she knew as child with her mother. Ilvermorny in the story, however, came from Isolt's cottage in Ireland and nothing more. In reality? It is utterly made up. Has no meaning behind it.
Yet, she had to have gotten it from something. J.K. Rowling was an English Teacher after all, and Language, to me, played a role in developing the name. How did she come up with such a name? I think she combined components of languages. Specifically suffixes.
Il-Ver-Mor-Ny...
-il as in illusion but as a noun is iller or long years. In French il is from Latin ille from Proto-Indo-European alter, uls, and alius meaning (The) Other or Beyond.
-Ver is a Root meaning Truth.
-Morn comes from the old English Morgen meaning Morning. Or as “the mourn” meaning tomorrow. It also means Countable or uncountable as a noun. Morgen comes from Godmorgen (Good Morning) which is Norwegian. Morgen is a measure of land, but are also Welsh and Breton water spirits that drown men or sirens or mermaids. The ruler of Avalon in King Arthur is Morgen and also shares the name with Morgan de fay. There’s also The Morrigan to consider in Irish lore who is the aunt and nickname of Isolt. However, as I used ‘n’ it’s actually Mor or Mourus “moor” Mauritanian or Mauritania; a kingdom in Northern Africa. Mor means large, great, or increase by, in Irish.
-Ny as a Hungarian suffix is added to form a noun or adjectives like Mazony meaning fields or Sovany meaning thin or slim. It also means as an English suffix “characterized by or inclined to”.
Therefore there is a possible motto or tagline that Ilvermorny does have inside the meaning of its name. The possible result is "Characterized by large years of truth". "Beyond Truth" is also something I put together a well as "Inclined to Truth". This is certainly different from Hogwart's motto who has a funny way of warning students to NOT TO GO LOOKING FOR TROUBLE.
What do you think? If you read this as a form of motto or message to the students or about the students that Isolt chose to adopt from her house.
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