“good”
12 fragments across 11 traditions carry this sense. 11 of them open a name against 1 that close one, so this reads as a sense that leads.
Across the traditions
¶They are spread across 5 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, Greek, has 2.
Agatho initial · Kal initial
- Agatholochos
Agatho good + lochos company
good company
- Agathosophos
Agatho good + sophos wisdom
good wisdom
- Agathomedes
Agatho good + medes cunning
good cunning
- Kaleas
Kal good + eas hailing from
hailing from good
- Kalatos
Kal good + atos from
from good
- Kalis
Kal good + is one called
one called good
Bon initial
- Bonvast
Bon good + vast waste land
good waste land
- Bonfort
Bon good + fort stronghold
good stronghold
- Bonmare
Bon good + mare pool
good pool
Liang initial
- Liangtie
Liang good + tie iron
good iron
- Liangren
Liang good + ren benevolence
good benevolence
- Liangnan
Liang good + nan south
good south
Bon initial
- Bonroy
Bon good + roy king
good king
- Bonmarais
Bon good + marais marsh
good marsh
- Bonpré
Bon good + pré meadow
good meadow
God initial
- Godsige
God good + sige victory
good victory
- Godceol
God good + ceol ship
good ship
- Godgisl
God good + gisl pledge
good pledge
agata final
- Irene Agata
Irene peaceful + agata good
peaceful and good
- Alessandra Agata
Alessandra defender of men + agata good
defender of men and good
- Isabella Agata
Isabella oath sworn + agata good
oath sworn and good
Yoshi initial
- Yoshiyuki
Yoshi good + yuki happiness
good happiness
- Yoshishi
Yoshi good + shi ambition
good ambition
- Yoshiro
Yoshi good + ro son
good son
Bene initial
- Benehard
Bene good + hard brave
good brave
- Benebod
Bene good + bod messenger
good messenger
- Benemund
Bene good + mund protection
good protection
Agafya initial
- Agafya Konstantinovna
Agafya good + konstantinovna daughter of Konstantin
good, daughter of Konstantin
- Agafya Gennadyevna
Agafya good + gennadyevna daughter of Gennady
good, daughter of Gennady
- Agafya Yuryevna
Agafya good + yuryevna daughter of Yuri
good, daughter of Yuri
Boni initial
- Boniaequor
Boni good + aequor level sea
good level sea
- Bonimel
Boni good + mel honey
good honey
- Boninomen
Boni good + nomen name
good name
Dobro initial
- Dobroev
Dobro good + ev lineage
good-lineage
- Dobroescu
Dobro good + escu descendant
good-descendant
- Dobrokeller
Dobro good + keller cellar
good-cellar
Senses that travel together
Each of these shares at least two traditions with “good”. 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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