A list of exclamations and verbal incantations for a bunch of cantrips, inspired by real languages (you can see I have some favourites).
Spell | Verbal Component | Linguistic Origin | Rough Meaning |
Acid Splash | Madens dolore | Latin | "Dripping with pain" |
Blade Ward | Sverdwund | Old English | "Sword wound" |
Chill Touch | Nilgrin armor bhosa, ach bas. | Irish | "There is no sun on my palm, only death." |
Create Bonfire | Herthrow | Old English | "Hearth rest" |
Dancing Lights | Oculo-auxilia | Latin | "Eye help" |
Druidcraft | Landadl | Old English | "Nostalgia/ill earth" |
Eldritch Blast | Imosod! | Welsh | "Attack!" |
Fire Bolt | Ira saggita | Latin | "Arrow of anger" |
Frostbite | Gristbitung | Old English | "Gnashing of teeth" |
Guidance | Ferscipe | Old English | "Community/ friendship/ companionship" |
Gust | Exhalatera! | Latin | "Earth exhales!" |
Infestation | Skritha, flua, faetur, vaengi | Icelandic | "Crawling, flying, legs, wings" |
Light | Haelu | Old English | "Health/prosperity" |
Lightning Lure | Koma naer! | Icelandic | "GET OVER HERE!" |
Mage Hand | Videole vitano, bila mkono | Swahili | "Five fingers, no arm" |
Magic Stone | Nuis bhollain | Irish | "Nuisance boulder" |
Mending | Nappa-boja-britta-nej | Swedish | "Snap-bend-break-no" |
Message | Flogenvurd | Old English | "Flying word" |
Mind Sliver | In Vazya Mozgul | Polish | "Brain invasion" |
Poison Spray | Atorfant | Old English | "Font of poison" |
Prestidigitation | Ecce! | Latin | "Look!" |
Produce Flame | Ex Animo | Latin | "From the heart" |
Ray of Frost | Non calidum nec velox | Latin | "Not hot and not quick" |
Resistance | Naddo! | Welsh | "No!" |
Sacred Flame | Alwel Dabryn | Old English | "God burning passion" |
Shilleglagh | Entvopn | Old English | "Giant's weapon" |
Shocking Grasp | Manus Caelorum | Latin | "Hands of heaven" |
Spare the Dying | Anantima | Icelandic | "Another time" |
Sword Burst | Periculum Chorus | Latin | "Danger dance" |
Thaumaturgy | Hweat! | Old English | General exclamation of attention |
Thorn Whip | Rosa sanguinis | Latin | "Rose blood" |
Toll the Dead | Hearken! Mortum! | Latin | "Listen! Death!" |
Vicious Mockery | any insult | - | - |
Word of Radiance | Oleuni! | Welsh | "Light/enlightenment" |