ehtiin
Ehtiin is a neologism used primarily in speculative linguistics and worldbuilding communities to denote the phenomenon whereby a culture's myths, social values, and historical narratives become embedded in its language and discourse. In this sense, ehtiin describes how sacred or storied concepts drift from myth to everyday speech, shaping metaphor, idiom, and even grammatical patterns.
The term emerged in online discussions in the early 2020s within conlang and fantasy writing circles, with
Scholars who discuss ehtiin describe its scope as encompassing metaphorical extension, lexicalization of mythic terms, and
Examples tend to be hypothetical or drawn from worldbuilding practice: a mythic figure whose name becomes a