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“blood”

15 fragments across 9 traditions carry this sense. 11 of them open a name against 4 that close one, so this reads as a sense that leads.

Across the traditions

Reverse entry

They are spread across 5 different families, from creatures outward, which is the mark of a sense so basic that almost every tradition needs a word for it. No single tradition hoards it: the deepest, Giant, has 3.

Giant


Creatures

blodar final · blodra final · blood final

  • Kravanblodar

    Kravan escarpment + blodar blood

    escarpment blood

  • Tundralblodar

    Tundral tundra + blodar blood

    tundra blood

  • Ulvardblodar

    Ulvard flood + blodar blood

    flood blood

  • Nordrilblodra

    Nordril polar night + blodra blood

    polar night blood

  • Aldvalblodra

    Aldval long past + blodra blood

    long past blood

  • Hravelblodra

    Hravel high ridge + blodra blood

    high ridge blood

  • Stormblood

    Storm storm + blood blood

    storm blood

  • Graniteblood

    Granite granite + blood blood

    granite blood

  • Marbleblood

    Marble marble + blood blood

    marble blood

Orc


Fantasy races

Grish initial · Grisha initial · Blood initial

  • Grishruk

    Grish blood + ruk grip

    blood grip

  • Grishgrim

    Grish blood + grim scowl

    blood scowl

  • Grishgorn

    Grish blood + gorn horn

    blood horn

  • Grishanar

    Grisha blood + nar fire

    blood fire

  • Grishagrim

    Grisha blood + grim scowl

    blood scowl

  • Grishabash

    Grisha blood + bash fury

    blood fury

  • Bloodfist

    Blood blood + fist fist

    blood fist

  • Bloodsnapper

    Blood blood + snapper snapper

    blood snapper

  • Bloodhewer

    Blood blood + hewer hewer

    blood hewer

Vampire


Creatures

Blut initial · krova final · Krovan initial

  • Blutstadt

    Blut blood + stadt town

    blood-town

  • Blutrich

    Blut blood + rich ruler

    blood-ruler

  • Blutwinter

    Blut blood + winter winter

    blood-winter

  • Fraukrova

    Frau woman + krova blood

    woman-blood

  • Sarakrova

    Sara princess + krova blood

    princess-blood

  • Roxanakrova

    Roxana dawn + krova blood

    dawn-blood

  • Krovanski

    Krovan blood + ski noble

    blood noble

  • Krovanescu

    Krovan blood + escu descendant

    blood descendant

  • Krovanich

    Krovan blood + ich child

    blood child

D&D


Tabletop

Drav initial

  • Dravthas

    Drav blood + thas oath

    blood oath

  • Dravgil

    Drav blood + gil bright one

    blood bright one

  • Dravdor

    Drav blood + dor land

    blood land

Dragon


Creatures

Blood initial

  • Bloodtongue

    Blood blood + tongue tongue

    blood tongue

  • Bloodmantle

    Blood blood + mantle mantle

    blood mantle

  • Bloodfang

    Blood blood + fang fang

    blood fang

Dwarf


Fantasy races

Gor initial

  • Gorthok

    Gor blood + thok hammer

    blood hammer

  • Gortor

    Gor blood + tor peak

    blood peak

  • Gordurn

    Gor blood + durn lasting

    blood lasting

God


Creatures

Blood initial

  • Bloodmaker

    Blood blood + maker maker

    blood maker

  • Bloodcaller

    Blood blood + caller caller

    blood caller

  • Bloodbearer

    Blood blood + bearer bearer

    blood bearer

Knight


People

Sang initial

  • Sangot

    Sang blood + ot little

    blood little

  • Sangoy

    Sang blood + oy joy

    blood joy

  • Sanghild

    Sang blood + hild battle

    blood battle

Viking


Real world

Blod initial

  • Blodkjol

    Blod blood + kjol keel

    blood keel

  • Blodox

    Blod blood + ox axe

    blood axe

  • Blodhals

    Blod blood + hals neck

    blood neck

Senses that travel together

See also

Each of these shares at least two traditions with “blood”. Senses that keep turning up in the same sets usually belong to one semantic field — the small vocabulary a naming tradition returns to again and again.

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