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“man”

13 fragments across 11 traditions carry this sense. They split 5 to 8 between opening and closing a name, which means it sits comfortably at either end.

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, French, has 2.

French


Real world

mand final · mande final

  • Landmand

    Land land + mand man

    land man

  • Ludmand

    Lud renowned + mand man

    renowned man

  • Baudmand

    Baud bold + mand man

    bold man

  • Valmande

    Val strong + mande man

    strong man

  • Théodmande

    Théod people + mande man

    people man

  • Annmande

    Ann grace + mande man

    grace man

German


Real world

Man initial · mann final

  • Manher

    Man man + her army

    man army

  • Manrat

    Man man + rat counsel

    man counsel

  • Manwin

    Man man + win friend

    man friend

  • Baldmann

    Bald bold + mann man

    bold man

  • Bermann

    Ber bear + mann man

    bear man

  • Manmann

    Man man + mann man

    man man

Elf


Fantasy races

dir final

  • Aurdir

    Aur sunrise + dir man

    sunrise man

  • Erydir

    Ery lone + dir man

    lone man

  • Aludir

    Alu dawn + dir man

    dawn man

Greek


Real world

Andro initial

  • Andromorphos

    Andro man + morphos form

    man form

  • Androphron

    Andro man + phron mind

    man mind

  • Androphemos

    Andro man + phemos speech

    man speech

Griffin


Creatures

mann final

  • Petramann

    Petra crag + mann man

    crag man

  • Castelmann

    Castel fortress + mann man

    fortress man

  • Gradmann

    Grad step + mann man

    step man

Irish


Real world

Fear initial

  • Feargal

    Fear man + gal valour

    man valour

  • Feargeal

    Fear man + geal bright

    man bright

  • Fearcarn

    Fear man + carn cairn

    man cairn

Japanese


Real world

o final

  • Tomoo

    Tomo friend + o man

    friend man

  • Kaio

    Kai sea + o man

    sea man

  • Hiroo

    Hiro broad + o man

    broad man

Knight


People

Man initial

  • Manrich

    Man man + rich ruler

    man ruler

  • Manbert

    Man man + bert bright

    man bright

  • Manwald

    Man man + wald rule

    man rule

Phoenix


Creatures

andros final

  • Megaandros

    Mega great + andros man

    great man

  • Aithroandros

    Aithro clear sky + andros man

    clear sky man

  • Astroandros

    Astro star + andros man

    star man

Scottish


Real world

Fear initial

  • Fearmod

    Fear man + mod courage

    man courage

  • Fearquil

    Fear man + quil cauldron

    man cauldron

  • Fearholm

    Fear man + holm islet

    man islet

Welsh


Real world

wr final

  • Prenwr

    Pren tree + wr man

    tree man

  • Brynwr

    Bryn hill + wr man

    hill man

  • Llewwr

    Llew lion + wr man

    lion man

Senses that travel together

See also

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