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“fire”

35 fragments across 21 traditions carry this sense. 24 of them open a name against 11 that close one, so this reads as a sense that leads.

Across the traditions

Reverse entry

They are spread across 6 different families, from real world outward, which is the mark of a sense so basic that almost every tradition needs a word for it. Dragon carries the most, with 4 separate fragments for it — a tradition that needs this many words for one idea is telling you something about what it cares about.

Dragon


Creatures

Fyrax initial · Fyra initial · nar final · Pyrion initial

  • Fyraxdax

    Fyrax fire + dax hunger

    fire hunger

  • Fyraxgrath

    Fyrax fire + grath tomb

    fire tomb

  • Fyraxvyth

    Fyrax fire + vyth song

    fire song

  • Fyranar

    Fyra fire + nar fire

    fire fire

  • Fyraphyx

    Fyra fire + phyx plume

    fire plume

  • Fyrasax

    Fyra fire + sax blade

    fire blade

  • Glyssanar

    Glyssa scale + nar fire

    scale fire

  • Ryssanar

    Ryssa coil + nar fire

    coil fire

  • Asheranar

    Ashera ash + nar fire

    ash fire

  • Pyrionsylth

    Pyrion fire + sylth whisper

    fire whisper

  • Pyrionvyrn

    Pyrion fire + vyrn wyrm

    fire wyrm

  • Pyrionaeth

    Pyrion fire + aeth breath

    fire breath

God


Creatures

Pyr initial · nar final · nara final

  • Pyrvor

    Pyr fire + vor hunger

    fire of the hunger

  • Pyrmir

    Pyr fire + mir mirror

    fire of the mirror

  • Pyrthar

    Pyr fire + thar pillar

    fire of the pillar

  • Thalnar

    Thal deep + nar fire

    deep of the fire

  • Annar

    An height + nar fire

    height of the fire

  • Zarnar

    Zar crown + nar fire

    crown of the fire

  • Ernara

    Er earth + nara fire

    earth of the fire

  • Kornara

    Kor furnace + nara fire

    furnace of the fire

  • Dhurnara

    Dhur endurance + nara fire

    endurance of the fire

Tiefling


Fantasy races

Igren initial · Ignaris initial · igne final

  • Igrenovar

    Igren fire + ovar vow

    fire vow

  • Igrenomer

    Igren fire + omer counted

    fire counted

  • Igrenivre

    Igren fire + ivre cold

    fire cold

  • Ignarisavel

    Ignaris fire + avel exiled

    fire exiled

  • Ignarisosse

    Ignaris fire + osse bone

    fire bone

  • Ignarisoleth

    Ignaris fire + oleth undoing

    fire undoing

  • Orbisigne

    Orbis circling + igne fire

    circling fire

  • Durenigne

    Duren lasting + igne fire

    lasting fire

  • Necenigne

    Necen killing + igne fire

    killing fire

Wizard


People

Pyr initial · tar final · Pyra initial

  • Pyrir

    Pyr fire + ir seeker

    fire seeker

  • Pyrtor

    Pyr fire + tor tower

    fire tower

  • Pyrros

    Pyr fire + ros dew

    fire dew

  • Caltar

    Cal chalk + tar fire

    chalk fire

  • Seltar

    Sel moon + tar fire

    moon fire

  • Steltar

    Stel fixed star + tar fire

    fixed star fire

  • Pyrabell

    Pyra fire + bell bell

    fire bell

  • Pyradris

    Pyra fire + dris grace

    fire grace

  • Pyrathira

    Pyra fire + thira sight

    fire sight

Bard


Tabletop

Foco initial · fuoco final

  • Focorima

    Foco fire + rima rhyme

    fire rhyme

  • Focoviola

    Foco fire + viola viol

    fire viol

  • Focostrada

    Foco fire + strada road

    fire road

  • Linofuoco

    Lino thread + fuoco fire

    thread fire

  • Modofuoco

    Modo mode + fuoco fire

    mode fire

  • Cordafuoco

    Corda string + fuoco fire

    string fire

D&D


Tabletop

nar final · Fyr initial

  • Grimnar

    Grim stern + nar fire

    stern fire

  • Haldnar

    Hald guardian + nar fire

    guardian fire

  • Emrnar

    Emr iron + nar fire

    iron fire

  • Fyrbelle

    Fyr fire + belle beauty

    fire beauty

  • Fyrgwen

    Fyr fire + gwen fair

    fire fair

  • Fyrmara

    Fyr fire + mara sea

    fire sea

Elf


Fantasy races

nar final · nara final

  • Arnnar

    Arn sun + nar fire

    sun fire

  • Valnar

    Val shield + nar fire

    shield fire

  • Nymnar

    Nym reed + nar fire

    reed fire

  • Saelinara

    Saeli calm + nara fire

    calm fire

  • Olanara

    Ola tall + nara fire

    tall fire

  • Celinara

    Celi white + nara fire

    white fire

Phoenix


Creatures

Pyro initial · Pyria initial

  • Pyrophanes

    Pyro fire + phanes appearing

    fire appearing

  • Pyroklytos

    Pyro fire + klytos famous

    fire famous

  • Pyrophylax

    Pyro fire + phylax guard

    fire guard

  • Pyriaoura

    Pyria fire + oura tail

    fire tail

  • Pyriadromia

    Pyria fire + dromia course

    fire course

  • Pyriamantia

    Pyria fire + mantia prophecy

    fire prophecy

Scottish


Real world

Aodh initial · Teine initial

  • Aodhvald

    Aodh fire + vald ruler

    fire ruler

  • Aodhford

    Aodh fire + ford crossing

    fire crossing

  • Aodhchad

    Aodh fire + chad war

    fire war

  • Teinelaw

    Teine fire + law round summit

    fire round summit

  • Teinebuie

    Teine fire + buie golden

    fire golden

  • Teinelia

    Teine fire + lia grey

    fire grey

Dragonborn


Fantasy races

Fyr initial

  • Fyrba

    Fyr fire + ba born

    fire born

  • Fyrshra

    Fyr fire + shra hissing

    fire hissing

  • Fyrtra

    Fyr fire + tra true

    fire true

Dwarf


Fantasy races

Bal initial

  • Balnar

    Bal fire + nar delver

    fire delver

  • Balgarn

    Bal fire + garn ready

    fire ready

  • Balbor

    Bal fire + bor born

    fire born

Gamertag


People

Pyro initial

  • Pyrohowl

    Pyro fire + howl howl

    fire howl

  • Pyrodrifter

    Pyro fire + drifter drifter

    fire drifter

  • Pyrostrider

    Pyro fire + strider strider

    fire strider

German


Real world

Brand initial

  • Brandhausen

    Brand fire + hausen houses

    fire houses

  • Brandhagen

    Brand fire + hagen enclosure

    fire enclosure

  • Brandberg

    Brand fire + berg mountain

    fire mountain

Greek


Real world

Pyro initial

  • Pyrophemos

    Pyro fire + phemos speech

    fire speech

  • Pyropistos

    Pyro fire + pistos faithful

    fire faithful

  • Pyrolochos

    Pyro fire + lochos company

    fire company

Horse


People

fire final

  • Thunder Fire

    Thunder rolling roar + fire fire

    rolling roar fire

  • Flint Fire

    Flint hard quartz + fire fire

    hard quartz fire

  • Lantern Fire

    Lantern shielded lamp + fire fire

    shielded lamp fire

Irish


Real world

Aed initial

  • Aedlav

    Aed fire + lav hand

    fire hand

  • Aedower

    Aed fire + ower sallow

    fire sallow

  • Aedgow

    Aed fire + gow smith

    fire smith

Orc


Fantasy races

nar final

  • Hakknar

    Hakk hack + nar fire

    hack fire

  • Moknar

    Mok fist + nar fire

    fist fire

  • Grubbnar

    Grubb grub + nar fire

    grub fire

Paladin


Tabletop

Igni initial

  • Ignidag

    Igni fire + dag day

    fire day

  • Ignisind

    Igni fire + sind journey

    fire journey

  • Ignigaud

    Igni fire + gaud joy

    fire joy

Planet


Objects

Ign initial

  • Igncatena

    Ign fire + catena chain

    fire chain

  • Ignpelagos

    Ign fire + pelagos open sea

    fire open sea

  • Ignatum

    Ign fire + atum marked

    fire marked

Viking


Real world

Eld initial

  • Eldhjalm

    Eld fire + hjalm helm

    fire helm

  • Eldspjot

    Eld fire + spjot spear

    fire spear

  • Eldskegg

    Eld fire + skegg beard

    fire beard

Welsh


Real world

Tan initial

  • Tangaer

    Tan fire + gaer stronghold

    fire stronghold

  • Tanborth

    Tan fire + borth harbour

    fire harbour

  • Tanwyllt

    Tan fire + wyllt wild

    fire wild

Senses that travel together

See also

Each of these shares at least two traditions with “fire”. 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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