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“lion”

11 fragments across 7 traditions carry this sense. 10 of them open a name against 1 that close one, so this reads as a sense that leads.

Across the traditions

Reverse entry

They are spread across 4 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, Russian, has 3.

Russian


Real world

Lev initial · Ruslan initial · Ruslana initial

  • Lev Vitalyevich

    Lev lion + vitalyevich son of Vitaly

    lion, son of Vitaly

  • Lev Trofimovich

    Lev lion + trofimovich son of Trofim

    lion, son of Trofim

  • Lev Maksimovich

    Lev lion + maksimovich son of Maksim

    lion, son of Maksim

  • Ruslan Savvich

    Ruslan lion + savvich son of Savva

    lion, son of Savva

  • Ruslan Yefimovich

    Ruslan lion + yefimovich son of Yefim

    lion, son of Yefim

  • Ruslan Anatolyevich

    Ruslan lion + anatolyevich son of Anatoly

    lion, son of Anatoly

  • Ruslana Anatolyevna

    Ruslana lion + anatolyevna daughter of Anatoly

    lion, daughter of Anatoly

  • Ruslana Gennadyevna

    Ruslana lion + gennadyevna daughter of Gennady

    lion, daughter of Gennady

  • Ruslana Yakovlevna

    Ruslana lion + yakovlevna daughter of Yakov

    lion, daughter of Yakov

Griffin


Creatures

Leo initial · Leona initial

  • Leolind

    Leo lion + lind lime shield

    lion lime shield

  • Leowulf

    Leo lion + wulf wolf

    lion wolf

  • Leoswind

    Leo lion + swind strong

    lion strong

  • Leonaalda

    Leona lion + alda old

    lion old

  • Leonagrima

    Leona lion + grima mask

    lion mask

  • Leonaebura

    Leona lion + ebura boar

    lion boar

Paladin


Tabletop

Leon initial · Lion initial

  • Leonwold

    Leon lion + wold wood

    lion wood

  • Leonleod

    Leon lion + leod people

    lion people

  • Leonmund

    Leon lion + mund protection

    lion protection

  • Lionhand

    Lion lion + hand hand

    lion hand

  • Lionspire

    Lion lion + spire spire

    lion spire

  • Lionmark

    Lion lion + mark mark

    lion mark

French


Real world

Léon initial

  • Léonelot

    Léon lion + elot little

    lion little

  • Léonelme

    Léon lion + elme helmet

    lion helmet

  • Léoninot

    Léon lion + inot little

    lion little

Greek


Real world

Leo initial

  • Leodemos

    Leo lion + demos commons

    lion commons

  • Leophemos

    Leo lion + phemos speech

    lion speech

  • Leoponos

    Leo lion + ponos toil

    lion toil

Ship


Objects

lion final

  • Crimson Lion

    Crimson crimson + lion lion

    crimson lion

  • Wandering Lion

    Wandering wandering + lion lion

    wandering lion

  • Southern Lion

    Southern sunward + lion lion

    sunward lion

Welsh


Real world

Llew initial

  • Llewudd

    Llew lion + udd lord

    lion lord

  • Llewael

    Llew lion + ael eyebrow

    lion eyebrow

  • Llewgoch

    Llew lion + goch crimson

    lion crimson

Senses that travel together

See also

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