“love”
12 fragments across 12 traditions carry this sense. 9 of them open a name against 3 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, Angel, has 1.
Ahava initial
- Ahavamela
Ahava love + mela of God
love of God
- Ahavabiela
Ahava love + biela of God
love of God
- Ahavaviela
Ahava love + viela of God
love of God
Ai initial
- Aihua
Ai love + hua flower
love flower
- Aishui
Ai love + shui water
love water
- Aijie
Ai love + jie pure
love pure
mina final
- Sablemina
Sable dark + mina love
dark love
- Ilymina
Ily lily + mina love
lily love
- Aelmina
Ael noble + mina love
noble love
Unna initial
- Unnasaga
Unna love + saga tale
love tale
- Unnahild
Unna love + hild battle
love battle
- Unnarinn
Unna love + rinn ring
love ring
mel final
- Nelmel
Nel road + mel love
road love
- Quenmel
Quen speech + mel love
speech love
- Tirmel
Tir watch + mel love
watch love
Am initial
- Amoul
Am love + oul wolf
love wolf
- Amgier
Am love + gier spear
love spear
- Amet
Am love + et little
love little
ai final
- Renai
Ren lotus + ai love
lotus love
- Saeai
Sae clear + ai love
clear love
- Miyaai
Miya shrine + ai love
shrine love
Ae initial
- Aehee
Ae love + hee joy
love joy
- Aehyun
Ae love + hyun virtuous
love virtuous
- Aesun
Ae love + sun obedient
love obedient
Cerys initial
- Cerys Landless
Cerys love + landless landless
love, called the landless
- Cerys Stormcrow
Cerys love + stormcrow storm crow
love, called the storm crow
- Cerys the Red
Cerys love + the red red
love, called the red
Lyubov initial
- Lyubov Valentinovna
Lyubov love + valentinovna daughter of Valentin
love, daughter of Valentin
- Lyubov Artyomovna
Lyubov love + artyomovna daughter of Artyom
love, daughter of Artyom
- Lyubov Ilyinichna
Lyubov love + ilyinichna daughter of Ilya
love, daughter of Ilya
Ast initial
- Astrid
Ast love + rid rider
love rider
- Astgunn
Ast love + gunn battle
love battle
- Astmund
Ast love + mund protection
love protection
Car initial
- Carhir
Car love + hir long
love long
- Cargastell
Car love + gastell castle
love castle
- Cargrug
Car love + grug heather
love heather
Senses that travel together
Each of these shares at least two traditions with “love”. 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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