invented words

We are using some invented words in this story. They are described here, along with their real-world etymology, which is not necessarily the same as their in-universe etymology.

Word	Meaning	Etymology
drach-	the dragons in this story	Latin "draco", German "Drache", English "dragon"
fen	a people	English "family", English slang for dedicated fan
lae	a region, particularly one associated with a certain fen	Germanic "-land"
drachfen	the dragons in this story	drach+fen
drachlae	the continent the drachfen live on	drach+lae
drachic	of or pertaining to the drachfen	drach+ic (generic adjective suffix)
drae/draem/draer/draeself	pronouns for any dragons	“Dragon Child” by Artur Nowrot
py/pyr/pyrself	pronouns for the igneous drachfen	English "pyr(o)-"
thu/thur/thurself	pronouns for the electric drachfen	English "thunder", "Thor"
cro/crawm/cryr/cramself	pronouns for the geologic drachfen	English "crag", "crawl, "crystal"
së/saem/swir/saemself	pronouns for the aquatic drachfen	"sea", "swirl"
flo/flor/florself	pronouns for the botanical drachfen	English "flor" (flower)
yow/yowm/yar/yowmself	pronouns for the wolves	English "yowl"