“ruin”
14 fragments across 9 traditions carry this sense. They split 6 to 8 between opening and closing a name, which means it sits comfortably at either end.
Across the traditions
¶They are spread across 4 different families, from creatures outward, which is the mark of a sense so basic that almost every tradition needs a word for it. Dragon carries the most, with 4 separate fragments for it — a tradition that needs this many words for one idea is telling you something about what it cares about.
Balthys initial · veth final · rakoth final · Ruin initial
- Balthysvor
Balthys ruin + vor greed
ruin greed
- Balthysvaul
Balthys ruin + vaul hoard
ruin hoard
- Balthyslax
Balthys ruin + lax coil
ruin coil
- Zoltharveth
Zolthar depth + veth ruin
depth ruin
- Velthaxveth
Velthax silence + veth ruin
silence ruin
- Ygraxveth
Ygrax world + veth ruin
world ruin
- Ravyxrakoth
Ravyx plunder + rakoth ruin
plunder ruin
- Umbraxrakoth
Umbrax shade + rakoth ruin
shade ruin
- Zephraxrakoth
Zephrax wind + rakoth ruin
wind ruin
- Ruinbreath
Ruin ruin + breath breath
ruin breath
- Ruineye
Ruin ruin + eye eye
ruin eye
- Ruincoil
Ruin ruin + coil coil
ruin coil
Rakz initial · Rekz initial
- Rakzik
Rakz ruin + ik maggot
ruin of the maggot
- Rakzok
Rakz ruin + ok shell
ruin of the shell
- Rakzuk
Rakz ruin + uk fetter
ruin of the fetter
- Rekzurva
Rekz ruin + urva grave
ruin of the grave
- Rekzara
Rekz ruin + ara ore
ruin of the ore
- Rekzeka
Rekz ruin + eka mark
ruin of the mark
dush final · Ruzg initial
- Vugdush
Vug hollow + dush ruin
hollow ruin
- Gnashdush
Gnash gnash + dush ruin
gnash ruin
- Grishdush
Grish blood + dush ruin
blood ruin
- Ruzgsnag
Ruzg ruin + snag snare
ruin snare
- Ruzgruk
Ruzg ruin + ruk grip
ruin grip
- Ruzgur
Ruzg ruin + ur old
ruin old
bane final
- Blackbane
Black black + bane ruin
black ruin
- Hollowbane
Hollow hollow + bane ruin
hollow ruin
- Sunbane
Sun sun + bane ruin
sun ruin
Ruin initial
- Ruinshaper
Ruin ruin + shaper shaper
ruin shaper
- Ruinrender
Ruin ruin + render render
ruin render
- Ruinunmaker
Ruin ruin + unmaker unmaker
ruin unmaker
bane final
- Stillebane
Stille stillness + bane ruin
stillness ruin
- Memnobane
Memno remembrance + bane ruin
remembrance ruin
- Caldebane
Calde chill + bane ruin
chill ruin
bane final
- Goldbane
Gold gleaming yellow + bane ruin
gleaming yellow ruin
- Ironbane
Iron hard metal + bane ruin
hard metal ruin
- Palebane
Pale colourless + bane ruin
colourless ruin
bane final
- Jibbane
Jib jib + bane ruin
jib ruin
- Shimbane
Shim wedge + bane ruin
wedge ruin
- Chitbane
Chit token + bane ruin
token ruin
bane final
- Marrbane
Marr spoiling + bane ruin
spoiling ruin
- Umbrbane
Umbr shade + bane ruin
shade ruin
- Gauntbane
Gaunt lean hungry + bane ruin
lean hungry ruin
Senses that travel together
Each of these shares at least two traditions with “ruin”. 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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