“brown”
10 fragments across 8 traditions carry this sense. Every one of them opens a name; not a single tradition here uses this sense to close one.
Across the traditions
¶They are spread across 4 different families, from real world 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, German, has 2.
Brun initial · Braun initial
- Brunhold
Brun brown + hold gracious
brown gracious
- Brunhug
Brun brown + hug mind
brown mind
- Brunhild
Brun brown + hild battle
brown battle
- Braunmann
Braun brown + mann man
brown man
- Braunfischer
Braun brown + fischer fisherman
brown fisherman
- Braunschneider
Braun brown + schneider tailor
brown tailor
Don initial · Donn initial
- Donness
Don brown + ness point
brown point
- Donbane
Don brown + bane pale
brown pale
- Dondale
Don brown + dale dell
brown dell
- Donndale
Donn brown + dale dell
brown dell
- Donngarv
Donn brown + garv rugged
brown rugged
- Donnlia
Donn brown + lia grey
brown grey
Don initial
- Donhowe
Don brown + howe mound
brown mound
- Doncoed
Don brown + coed wood
brown wood
- Donheath
Don brown + heath open moorland
brown open moorland
Brun initial
- Brunknot
Brun brown + knot knot
brown knot
- Brunald
Brun brown + ald old
brown old
- Brungram
Brun brown + gram wrath
brown wrath
Brun initial
- Brunelet
Brun brown + elet little
brown little
- Brunnand
Brun brown + nand daring
brown daring
- Brunault
Brun brown + ault rule
brown rule
Donn initial
- Donnkern
Donn brown + kern foot soldier
brown foot soldier
- Donnbar
Donn brown + bar head
brown head
- Donnaun
Donn brown + aun little
brown little
Brun initial
- Brunrod
Brun brown + rod fame
brown fame
- Brungis
Brun brown + gis pledge
brown pledge
- Brunard
Brun brown + ard hardy
brown hardy
Sepia initial
- Sepialethe
Sepia brown + lethe oblivion
brown oblivion
- Sepiarosa
Sepia brown + rosa rose
brown rose
- Sepiaumbra
Sepia brown + umbra shadow
brown shadow
Senses that travel together
Each of these shares at least two traditions with “brown”. 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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