Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-14027812-20131027182513/@comment-25286356-20131028135205

If I understood correctly...

Dovahkiin is something of a word of power on its own. Remember after we save Whiterun from some random wannabe dragon? How the Greybeards all shout Doh Vah Kiin! and the entire place trembles like an earthquake just hit the whole of Skyrim?

That's what Argneir warns us about. Dovahkiin is made of three words, like any other dragon's name.

Dovahkiin = Born Hunter of Dragonkind

Same as Odahving means Snow Winged Hunter. We used his name the same way the Greybeards used ours; as a shout. In comparison, merely speaking it does not result in earthquakes. Odahviing, Parthunaax and Alduin can say it normally and nothing happens.

My guess: an oversight from the developpers.