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“heaven”

16 fragments across 10 traditions carry this sense. 12 of them open a name against 4 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. Paladin 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.

Paladin


Tabletop

Caele initial · Cae initial · Caeli initial · cel final

  • Caelemund

    Caele heaven + mund protection

    heaven protection

  • Caelehelm

    Caele heaven + helm helm

    heaven helm

  • Caeledag

    Caele heaven + dag day

    heaven day

  • Caegena

    Cae heaven + gena born

    heaven born

  • Caelissa

    Cae heaven + lissa honey

    heaven honey

  • Caesana

    Cae heaven + sana healing

    heaven healing

  • Caelilis

    Caeli heaven + lis bound

    heaven bound

  • Caelibel

    Caeli heaven + bel fair

    heaven fair

  • Caelifend

    Caeli heaven + fend defence

    heaven defence

  • Firmacel

    Firma firm + cel heaven

    firm heaven

  • Aegiscel

    Aegis shield + cel heaven

    shield heaven

  • Ardorcel

    Ardor zeal + cel heaven

    zeal heaven

Dragon


Creatures

xar final · zandor final

  • Xandraxar

    Xandra gold + xar heaven

    gold heaven

  • Lysaraxar

    Lysara shadow + xar heaven

    shadow heaven

  • Ophyraxar

    Ophyra serpent + xar heaven

    serpent heaven

  • Ulmyxzandor

    Ulmyx tide + zandor heaven

    tide heaven

  • Zolthyrzandor

    Zolthyr depth + zandor heaven

    depth heaven

  • Dolmyrzandor

    Dolmyr stone + zandor heaven

    stone heaven

Phoenix


Creatures

Ourano initial · Ourani initial

  • Ouranoklytos

    Ourano heaven + klytos famous

    heaven famous

  • Ouranochares

    Ourano heaven + chares joy

    heaven joy

  • Ouranogenes

    Ourano heaven + genes born

    heaven born

  • Ouranisthenia

    Ourani heaven + sthenia might

    heaven might

  • Ouranidora

    Ourani heaven + dora gift

    heaven gift

  • Ouranimeneia

    Ourani heaven + meneia strength

    heaven strength

Roman


Real world

caelius final · Caelia initial

  • Spurius Caelius

    Spurius fatherless + caelius heaven

    fatherless, heaven

  • Quintus Caelius

    Quintus fifth + caelius heaven

    fifth, heaven

  • Felix Caelius

    Felix lucky + caelius heaven

    lucky, heaven

  • Caelia Lepida

    Caelia heaven + lepida charming

    heaven, charming

  • Caelia Sabina

    Caelia heaven + sabina sabine

    heaven, sabine

  • Caelia Longina

    Caelia heaven + longina tall

    heaven, tall

Chinese


Real world

Tian initial

  • Tianzhan

    Tian heaven + zhan unfold

    heaven unfold

  • Tianyao

    Tian heaven + yao shine

    heaven shine

  • Tianyun

    Tian heaven + yun cloud

    heaven cloud

D&D


Tabletop

Cel initial

  • Celgwen

    Cel heaven + gwen fair

    heaven fair

  • Celelle

    Cel heaven + elle bright

    heaven bright

  • Celdara

    Cel heaven + dara pearl

    heaven pearl

God


Creatures

Cael initial

  • Caelzoth

    Cael heaven + zoth void

    heaven of the void

  • Caellorn

    Cael heaven + lorn loss

    heaven of the loss

  • Caeldhal

    Cael heaven + dhal deep

    heaven of the deep

Korean


Real world

Cheon initial

  • Cheonbeom

    Cheon heaven + beom exemplar

    heaven exemplar

  • Cheonheon

    Cheon heaven + heon law

    heaven law

  • Cheonchan

    Cheon heaven + chan brilliant

    heaven brilliant

Scottish


Real world

Neamh initial

  • Neamhroy

    Neamh heaven + roy red

    heaven red

  • Neamhan

    Neamh heaven + an little

    heaven little

  • Neamhie

    Neamh heaven + ie little

    heaven little

Welsh


Real world

Nef initial

  • Neffawr

    Nef heaven + fawr big

    heaven big

  • Nefgoch

    Nef heaven + goch crimson

    heaven crimson

  • Neflwyd

    Nef heaven + lwyd hoary

    heaven hoary

Senses that travel together

See also

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