IMO the name Borist is from a lanscape, a fortress, a castle, a hill, a river or whatever which does not exist anymore in its form. In the medivial ages somebody was often called after such objects where he came from or he was born. I will try to explain why in my opinion this is the same for Quantan van deen Borist (van deen is dutch - in german you would say 'von dem'). I am living in northern german. In this region once have lived a tribe of teutons called friesians (they are still living here after a part of them conquered the british isle - they call them saxons). Their language is different to the german languages (it is the same in the UK with english and welsh). But I will come to the point. Some small villages got its names from this language, for example the name Oyte (I do not know the meaning of it by myself) but you will find this in name of a lot of villages around Bremen (Altenoyte, Friesoythe, Oyten etc.). So it can be the same for the Boristi. They call themself after the founder of this Church, Quantan van deen Borist, who got his name from the villages (or Forest, Hill etc.). So this syllable 'Bor' could be the naming for the Boristi as well as for Borin. It must not be same source, off course.
This is my opinion about this matter.
Ingo Tschinke
End of Glorantha Digest V2 #386
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