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“god”

11 fragments across 7 traditions carry this sense. 9 of them open a name against 2 that close one, so this reads as a sense that leads.

Across the traditions

Reverse entry

They cluster in 3 families, most of them real world. No single tradition hoards it: the deepest, French, has 2.

French


Real world

Ans initial · God initial

  • Ansault

    Ans god + ault rule

    god rule

  • Anset

    Ans god + et little

    god little

  • Ansoul

    Ans god + oul wolf

    god wolf

  • Godbaud

    God god + baud bold

    god bold

  • Godelot

    God god + elot little

    god little

  • Godmund

    God god + mund protection

    god protection

German


Real world

Ans initial · Gott initial

  • Anssind

    Ans god + sind journey

    god journey

  • Anshug

    Ans god + hug mind

    god mind

  • Ansgund

    Ans god + gund war

    god war

  • Gottfried

    Gott god + fried peace

    god peace

  • Gottward

    Gott god + ward guard

    god guard

  • Gottbrun

    Gott god + brun brown

    god brown

Greek


Real world

Theo initial · theos final

  • Theodoros

    Theo god + doros gift

    god gift

  • Theoxenos

    Theo god + xenos stranger

    god stranger

  • Theophemos

    Theo god + phemos speech

    god speech

  • Nausitheos

    Nausi ship + theos god

    ship god

  • Stephanotheos

    Stephano crown + theos god

    crown god

  • Androtheos

    Andro man + theos god

    man god

Knight


People

Ans initial · God initial

  • Answin

    Ans god + win friend

    god friend

  • Ansaud

    Ans god + aud rule

    god rule

  • Ansry

    Ans god + ry ruler

    god ruler

  • Godulf

    God god + ulf wolf

    god wolf

  • Godrad

    God god + rad counsel

    god counsel

  • Godward

    God god + ward guard

    god guard

Phoenix


Creatures

theos final

  • Thermotheos

    Thermo heat + theos god

    heat god

  • Hesperotheos

    Hespero evening + theos god

    evening god

  • Ouranotheos

    Ourano heaven + theos god

    heaven god

Vampire


Creatures

Bogo initial

  • Bogoaru

    Bogo god + aru craftsman

    god-craftsman

  • Bogofeld

    Bogo god + feld field

    god-field

  • Bogograd

    Bogo god + grad city

    god-city

Viking


Real world

Gud initial

  • Gudsvein

    Gud god + svein boy

    god boy

  • Gudsveinn

    Gud god + sveinn boy

    god boy

  • Gudolf

    Gud god + olf wolf

    god wolf

Senses that travel together

See also

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