“place”
10 fragments across 8 traditions carry this sense. Every one of them closes a name — this is a sense traditions reach for at the end, not the beginning.
Across the traditions
¶They cluster in 3 families, most of them people. No single tradition hoards it: the deepest, Country, has 3.
stan final · istan final · estan final
- Borstan
Bor north + stan place
north place
- Silvanstan
Silvan wooded + stan place
wooded place
- Albstan
Alb white + stan place
white place
- Mesistan
Mes middle + istan place
middle place
- Ursistan
Urs bear + istan place
bear place
- Pinistan
Pin pine + istan place
pine place
- Aquilestan
Aquil eagle + estan place
eagle place
- Petrestan
Petr stone + estan place
stone place
- Altestan
Alt high + estan place
high place
stead final
- Holstead
Hol hollow + stead place
hollow place
- Northstead
North north + stead place
north place
- Micklestead
Mickle great + stead place
great place
lieu final
- Chaslieu
Chas hunt + lieu place
hunt place
- Beaulieu
Beau fair + lieu place
fair place
- Fortlieu
Fort strong + lieu place
strong place
stead final
- Weststead
West sunset side + stead place
sunset side place
- Chapstead
Chap trade + stead place
trade place
- Warestead
Ware weir + stead place
weir place
topos final
- Ekpyrotopos
Ekpyro conflagration + topos place
conflagration place
- Nektarotopos
Nektaro nectar + topos place
nectar place
- Anastasitopos
Anastasi resurrection + topos place
resurrection place
ium final
- Decium
Dec tenth + ium place
tenth place
- Novium
Nov new + ium place
new place
- Profium
Prof deep + ium place
deep place
stead final
- Langstead
Lang long + stead place
long place
- Elmstead
Elm elm tree + stead place
elm tree place
- Crosstead
Cross wayside cross + stead place
wayside cross place
um final
- Hespum
Hesp dusk + um place
dusk place
- Marum
Mar tide + um place
tide place
- Anum
An grey + um place
grey place
Senses that travel together
Each of these shares at least two traditions with “place”. 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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