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“root”

13 fragments across 7 traditions carry this sense. They split 7 to 6 between opening and closing a name, which means it sits comfortably at either end.

Across the traditions

Reverse entry

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

Giant


Creatures

rotar final · rota final · Root initial

  • Iskaldrotar

    Iskald deep cold + rotar root

    deep cold root

  • Mornvalrotar

    Mornval moraine + rotar root

    moraine root

  • Brendalrotar

    Brendal treeline + rotar root

    treeline root

  • Cavithrota

    Cavith cavern + rota root

    cavern root

  • Eldrithrota

    Eldrith long winter + rota root

    long winter root

  • Aurbrunrota

    Aurbrun aurora + rota root

    aurora root

  • Rootcrown

    Root root + crown crown

    root crown

  • Rootbreath

    Root root + breath breath

    root breath

  • Rootblood

    Root root + blood blood

    root blood

God


Creatures

ith final · itha final · Root initial

  • Ilith

    Il light + ith root

    light of the root

  • Garith

    Gar keeper + ith root

    keeper of the root

  • Elnith

    Eln radiance + ith root

    radiance of the root

  • Myritha

    Myr mist + itha root

    mist of the root

  • Pyritha

    Pyr fire + itha root

    fire of the root

  • Voritha

    Vor devourer + itha root

    devourer of the root

  • Rootkeeper

    Root root + keeper keeper

    root keeper

  • Rootwarden

    Root root + warden warden

    root warden

  • Rootbinder

    Root root + binder binder

    root binder

Troll


Creatures

Gnor initial · Gnarl initial · Root initial

  • Gnornar

    Gnor root + nar nose

    root nose

  • Gnorbrug

    Gnor root + brug brother

    root brother

  • Gnormun

    Gnor root + mun warden

    root warden

  • Gnarlhidda

    Gnarl root + hidda hide

    root hide

  • Gnarlthula

    Gnarl root + thula waiter

    root waiter

  • Gnarlmagga

    Gnarl root + magga kin

    root kin

  • Rootdigger

    Root root + digger digger

    root digger

  • Rootknuckle

    Root root + knuckle knuckle

    root knuckle

  • Roothoarder

    Root root + hoarder hoarder

    root hoarder

Dragon


Creatures

Rhyzor initial

  • Rhyzornagor

    Rhyzor root + nagor serpent

    root serpent

  • Rhyzorvalor

    Rhyzor root + valor valour

    root valour

  • Rhyzorvaeth

    Rhyzor root + vaeth glory

    root glory

Drow


Fantasy races

Rhyz initial

  • Rhyzorzen

    Rhyz root + orzen expendable

    root expendable

  • Rhyzorvyth

    Rhyz root + orvyth outrider

    root outrider

  • Rhyzolvyn

    Rhyz root + olvyn mute

    root mute

Dwarf


Fantasy races

rot final

  • Brogrot

    Brog bulwark + rot root

    bulwark root

  • Galdrot

    Gald chant + rot root

    chant root

  • Vindrot

    Vind wind + rot root

    wind root

Witch


People

sina final

  • Holsina

    Hol hollow + sina root

    hollow root

  • Vervsina

    Verv vervain + sina root

    vervain root

  • Wicksina

    Wick candle cord + sina root

    candle cord root

Senses that travel together

See also

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