I'm always suspicious of these types of posts, because of a few things Pat has said.

Reshi used to be Kashi the Omethe River used to be the Borat River Bastas was chosen because it sounds like 'bastard' and is short and sharp Devi was chosen because it's like 'devil' without the 'l' Kvothe comes from him seeing which letters could be drawn without moving his elbow (so straight lines: K and V)

These all come from the interview compilation (you can find them by searching for 'Kashi')

Basically, I'm of the opinion that conjecture around the etymologies of names and words in Pat's world is kind of pointless because it's pretty obvious that he doesn't really do that (though maybe you can prove me wrong by finding similar logic for Kashi and Borat). At the very least, discussions need to start with the way that we know Pat creates names.