“head”
11 fragments across 7 traditions carry this sense. They split 4 to 7 between opening and closing a name, which means it sits comfortably at either end.
Across the traditions
¶They cluster in 2 families, most of them real world. No single tradition hoards it: the deepest, Celtic, has 3.
Penno initial · pennos final · penna final
- Pennognatos
Penno head + gnatos son
head son
- Pennocaros
Penno head + caros beloved
head beloved
- Pennotigernos
Penno head + tigernos lord
head lord
- Nouiopennos
Nouio new + pennos head
new head
- Rigopennos
Rigo royal + pennos head
royal head
- Bannopennos
Banno peak + pennos head
peak head
- Belopenna
Belo bright + penna head
bright head
- Viropenna
Viro man + penna head
man head
- Teutopenna
Teuto tribe + penna head
tribe head
bar final · Kin initial
- Tuathbar
Tuath people + bar head
people head
- Ruabar
Rua red-haired + bar head
red-haired head
- Lorcbar
Lorc fierce + bar head
fierce head
- Kinsallagh
Kin head + sallagh willow
head willow
- Kingarry
Kin head + garry garden
head garden
- Kinskea
Kin head + skea hawthorn
head hawthorn
kephalos final · kephale final
- Rhodokephalos
Rhodo rose + kephalos head
rose head
- Heliokephalos
Helio sun + kephalos head
sun head
- Palinkephalos
Palin again + kephalos head
again head
- Thermiakephale
Thermia heat + kephale head
heat head
- Protekephale
Prote first + kephale head
first head
- Phoinikakephale
Phoinika crimson + kephale head
crimson head
ceann final
- Ardceann
Ard high + ceann head
high head
- Banceann
Ban pale + ceann head
pale head
- Eagceann
Eag dying + ceann head
dying head
Kin initial
- Kinwood
Kin head + wood forest
head forest
- Kinbrae
Kin head + brae hillside
head hillside
- Kindale
Kin head + dale dell
head dell
chief final
- Zephyrchief
Zephyr west wind + chief head
west wind head
- Lunchief
Lun moon + chief head
moon head
- Saltchief
Salt leap + chief head
leap head
Pen initial
- Pendref
Pen head + dref steading
head steading
- Pengaer
Pen head + gaer stronghold
head stronghold
- Penwr
Pen head + wr man
head man
Senses that travel together
Each of these shares at least two traditions with “head”. 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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