>>12336903>But apparently it also has to do with the windIt doesn't. It's based on sylvan, having an association with the woods or the forest. Forest fairies can also be called sylvans.
And it's not the poisonous plant one either. You have to consider ALL the names. You can't just pick and choose one name, with one meaning associated with it just because it fits your theory the best.
>>12336919http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvan>In the Dungeons & Dragons role playing game, Sylvan is the language of all magical creatures associated with the wilderness, such as fairies, dryads, centaurs and such.>such as fairies>Fictional fairies and spritesAlso note how Sylveon is in a forest in the anime. That's certainly more than I can say for sylph. Sylveon has done absolutely nothing that's good evidence of it being associated with the wind. No, ribbons flowing in the wind don't count because a bunch of XY animations do that and it doesn't happen in the anime.
>>12336928>GF always make word games with the namesBut they haven't with Eeveelutions. Why not assume less and just think it's the word that for one, fits nymph better as something associated with the forests and woods as opposed to specifically the air, and two, the one that actually fits how they spelled it? Why should I assume the more complicated one that makes less sense? Should I assume Glaceon is rock type because it could just be a misspelling of "glass," which could relate to glass rocks, thus rock type?
>>12336940Fairy confirmed.
