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“sky”

31 fragments across 14 traditions carry this sense. 27 of them open a name against 4 that close one, so this reads as a sense that leads.

Across the traditions

Reverse entry

They are spread across 6 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 5 separate fragments for it — a tradition that needs this many words for one idea is telling you something about what it cares about.

Dragon


Creatures

Serax initial · helion final · Selya initial · Caelor initial · Sky initial

  • Seraxkrys

    Serax sky + krys ice

    sky ice

  • Seraxagoth

    Serax sky + agoth jaw

    sky jaw

  • Seraxphyr

    Serax sky + phyr flame

    sky flame

  • Jaxorhelion

    Jaxor cunning + helion sky

    cunning sky

  • Ashkarhelion

    Ashkar ash + helion sky

    ash sky

  • Balthyshelion

    Balthys ruin + helion sky

    ruin sky

  • Selyaxar

    Selya sky + xar heaven

    sky heaven

  • Selyathyx

    Selya sky + thyx horn

    sky horn

  • Selyavaen

    Selya sky + vaen gleam

    sky gleam

  • Caelorvaeth

    Caelor sky + vaeth glory

    sky glory

  • Caelorosyth

    Caelor sky + osyth wing

    sky wing

  • Caeloraros

    Caelor sky + aros dawn

    sky dawn

Bard


Tabletop

Cael initial · ciel final · Celia initial · cielle final

  • Caelhain

    Cael sky + hain grove

    sky grove

  • Caelrime

    Cael sky + rime rhyme

    sky rhyme

  • Caelten

    Cael sky + ten holding

    sky holding

  • Ceociel

    Ceo mist + ciel sky

    mist sky

  • Aelciel

    Ael air + ciel sky

    air sky

  • Eliociel

    Elio sun + ciel sky

    sun sky

  • Celiasara

    Celia sky + sara clear

    sky clear

  • Celiastella

    Celia sky + stella star

    sky star

  • Celiatine

    Celia sky + tine chime

    sky chime

  • Silviacielle

    Silvia wood + cielle sky

    wood sky

  • Seriacielle

    Seria evening + cielle sky

    evening sky

  • Ivoracielle

    Ivora ivory + cielle sky

    ivory sky

Giant


Creatures

Skyral initial · Skyril initial · Skyvarn initial · Sky initial

  • Skyralkolmar

    Skyral sky + kolmar summit

    sky summit

  • Skyralstigar

    Skyral sky + stigar path

    sky path

  • Skyralheim

    Skyral sky + heim world

    sky world

  • Skyrilrota

    Skyril sky + rota root

    sky root

  • Skyrilrika

    Skyril sky + rika ruler

    sky ruler

  • Skyrilkolma

    Skyril sky + kolma summit

    sky summit

  • Skyvarnthegn

    Skyvarn sky + thegn thane

    sky thane

  • Skyvarndagar

    Skyvarn sky + dagar days

    sky days

  • Skyvarnsagar

    Skyvarn sky + sagar story

    sky story

  • Skyjaw

    Sky sky + jaw jaw

    sky jaw

  • Skycrown

    Sky sky + crown crown

    sky crown

  • Skyvoice

    Sky sky + voice voice

    sky voice

Elf


Fantasy races

Cael initial · Cae initial · Cel initial

  • Caellir

    Cael sky + lir singer

    sky singer

  • Caelnan

    Cael sky + nan valley

    sky valley

  • Caeldrim

    Cael sky + drim host

    sky host

  • Caequel

    Cae sky + quel high

    sky high

  • Caelia

    Cae sky + lia daughter

    sky daughter

  • Caedwen

    Cae sky + dwen maiden

    sky maiden

  • Celdir

    Cel sky + dir keeper

    sky keeper

  • Cellas

    Cel sky + las leaf

    sky leaf

  • Celnil

    Cel sky + nil star

    sky star

God


Creatures

Cael initial · Cel initial · Sky initial

  • Caelon

    Cael sky + on vastness

    sky of the vastness

  • Caeleth

    Cael sky + eth breath

    sky of the breath

  • Caelith

    Cael sky + ith root

    sky of the root

  • Celora

    Cel sky + ora light

    sky of the light

  • Celenna

    Cel sky + enna gate

    sky of the gate

  • Celzotha

    Cel sky + zotha void

    sky of the void

  • Skyspeaker

    Sky sky + speaker speaker

    sky speaker

  • Skyunmaker

    Sky sky + unmaker unmaker

    sky unmaker

  • Skyseat

    Sky sky + seat seat

    sky seat

Dragonborn


Fantasy races

Xath initial · Xanth initial

  • Xathhesk

    Xath sky + hesk cleaving

    sky cleaving

  • Xathsor

    Xath sky + sor bitter

    sky bitter

  • Xathvok

    Xath sky + vok loud

    sky loud

  • Xanththak

    Xanth sky + thak blooded

    sky blooded

  • Xanthtokh

    Xanth sky + tokh unyielding

    sky unyielding

  • Xanththul

    Xanth sky + thul pillar

    sky pillar

Griffin


Creatures

Cael initial · Caela initial

  • Caelhart

    Cael sky + hart stag

    sky stag

  • Caelwald

    Cael sky + wald rule

    sky rule

  • Caelleud

    Cael sky + leud people

    sky people

  • Caelafalka

    Caela sky + falka falcon

    sky falcon

  • Caelagisela

    Caela sky + gisela pledge

    sky pledge

  • Caelahugia

    Caela sky + hugia mind

    sky mind

Vampire


Creatures

Cer initial · nebo final

  • Cerhelm

    Cer sky + helm helmet

    sky-helmet

  • Cerich

    Cer sky + ich child

    sky-child

  • Cerritter

    Cer sky + ritter knight

    sky-knight

  • Lunanebo

    Luna moon + nebo sky

    moon-sky

  • Roxananebo

    Roxana dawn + nebo sky

    dawn-sky

  • Zlatanebo

    Zlata golden + nebo sky

    golden-sky

D&D


Tabletop

Cael initial

  • Caelrun

    Cael sky + run secret

    sky secret

  • Caelthas

    Cael sky + thas oath

    sky oath

  • Caelmar

    Cael sky + mar famous

    sky famous

Japanese


Real world

Sora initial

  • Soratoshi

    Sora sky + toshi sharp

    sky sharp

  • Sorakazu

    Sora sky + kazu harmony

    sky harmony

  • Soramichi

    Sora sky + michi path

    sky path

Kingdom


Objects

Cael initial

  • Caelcrown

    Cael sky + crown crown lands

    sky crown lands

  • Caelbridge

    Cael sky + bridge span

    sky span

  • Caelholm

    Cael sky + holm island

    sky island

Mountain


Objects

Sky initial

  • Skyfells

    Sky sky + fells high moors

    sky high moors

  • Skymeall

    Sky sky + meall rounded hill

    sky rounded hill

  • Skycarn

    Sky sky + carn cairn

    sky cairn

Planet


Objects

Cael initial

  • Caeligena

    Cael sky + igena born

    sky born

  • Caelida

    Cael sky + ida daughter

    sky daughter

  • Caelium

    Cael sky + ium place

    sky place

Wizard


People

Cael initial

  • Caelorn

    Cael sky + orn horn

    sky horn

  • Caelward

    Cael sky + ward ward

    sky ward

  • Caelic

    Cael sky + ic bound

    sky bound

Senses that travel together

See also

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