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“heir”

12 fragments across 7 traditions carry this sense. 11 of them close a name against 1 that open one, so it usually lands as the second element.

Across the traditions

Reverse entry

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

Viking


Real world

leif final · leifr final · leifa final

  • Baldleif

    Bald bold + leif heir

    bold heir

  • Thjodleif

    Thjod people + leif heir

    people heir

  • Dagleif

    Dag day + leif heir

    day heir

  • Saeleifr

    Sae sea + leifr heir

    sea heir

  • Harleifr

    Har army + leifr heir

    army heir

  • Ragnleifr

    Ragn the gods + leifr heir

    the gods heir

  • Audleifa

    Aud wealth + leifa heir

    wealth heir

  • Holmleifa

    Holm islet + leifa heir

    islet heir

  • Kolleifa

    Kol coal + leifa heir

    coal heir

German


Real world

leib final · lef final

  • Eberleib

    Eber boar + leib heir

    boar heir

  • Willeib

    Wil will + leib heir

    will heir

  • Bertleib

    Bert bright + leib heir

    bright heir

  • Burklef

    Burk fortress + lef heir

    fortress heir

  • Gerlef

    Ger spear + lef heir

    spear heir

  • Landlef

    Land land + lef heir

    land heir

Griffin


Creatures

leif final · leifa final

  • Montileif

    Monti mountain + leif heir

    mountain heir

  • Fortisleif

    Fortis brave + leif heir

    brave heir

  • Clarleif

    Clar bright + leif heir

    bright heir

  • Dextraleifa

    Dextra right hand + leifa heir

    right hand heir

  • Acrialeifa

    Acria sharp + leifa heir

    sharp heir

  • Rostraleifa

    Rostra beak + leifa heir

    beak heir

Mermaid


Creatures

ion final · iana final

  • Varelion

    Varel wake + ion heir

    wake heir

  • Irynion

    Iryn ripple + ion heir

    ripple heir

  • Galenion

    Galen calm + ion heir

    calm heir

  • Kaelisiana

    Kaelis flow + iana heir

    flow heir

  • Orieliana

    Oriel sunrise + iana heir

    sunrise heir

  • Lunariana

    Lunar moon pull + iana heir

    moon pull heir

Dragon


Creatures

arion final

  • Noctyxarion

    Noctyx night + arion heir

    night heir

  • Rhyzorarion

    Rhyzor root + arion heir

    root heir

  • Ghoraxarion

    Ghorax gore + arion heir

    gore heir

Vampire


Creatures

ovic final

  • Kaltovic

    Kalt cold + ovic heir

    cold-heir

  • Casovic

    Cas time + ovic heir

    time-heir

  • Krovovic

    Krov lifeblood + ovic heir

    lifeblood-heir

Werewolf


Creatures

Leif initial

  • Leifhowl

    Leif heir + howl long cry

    heir long cry

  • Leifmuzzle

    Leif heir + muzzle snout

    heir snout

  • Leifstorm

    Leif heir + storm violent weather

    heir violent weather

Senses that travel together

See also

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