“smith”
12 fragments across 10 traditions carry this sense. They split 4 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 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, Celtic, has 2.
Gobanno initial · gobannos final
- Gobannotegos
Gobanno smith + tegos house
smith house
- Gobannonouios
Gobanno smith + nouios new
smith new
- Gobannoollos
Gobanno smith + ollos utmost
smith utmost
- Carnogobannos
Carno horn + gobannos smith
horn smith
- Tritogobannos
Trito third + gobannos smith
third smith
- Morigobannos
Mori sea + gobannos smith
sea smith
gow final · Gov initial
- Beggow
Beg small + gow smith
small smith
- Duffgow
Duff black + gow smith
black smith
- Kengow
Ken chief + gow smith
chief smith
- Govkeen
Gov smith + keen smooth
smith smooth
- Govaird
Gov smith + aird height
smith height
- Govgal
Gov smith + gal valour
smith valour
smid final
- Rethsmid
Reth ran + smid smith
ran the smith
- Ristsmid
Rist carved + smid smith
carved the smith
- Pellsmid
Pell stripped + smid smith
stripped the smith
nir final
- Dunnir
Dun hill + nir smith
hill smith
- Kelnir
Kel forge + nir smith
forge smith
- Kragnir
Krag crag + nir smith
crag smith
fèvre final
- Lefèvre
Le the + fèvre smith
the smith
- Beaufèvre
Beau fair + fèvre smith
fair smith
- Valfèvre
Val valley + fèvre smith
valley smith
schmidt final
- Weisschmidt
Weiss white + schmidt smith
white smith
- Winterschmidt
Winter cold season + schmidt smith
cold season smith
- Sonnenschmidt
Sonnen sun + schmidt smith
sun smith
faber final
- Atramentofaber
Atramento ink + faber smith
ink smith
- Rigidofaber
Rigido stiff + faber smith
stiff smith
- Cinereofaber
Cinereo ashen + faber smith
ashen smith
Gow initial
- Gowwood
Gow smith + wood forest
smith forest
- Gowbost
Gow smith + bost farmstead
smith farmstead
- Gowaird
Gow smith + aird height
smith height
kova final
- Vukakova
Vuka wolf + kova smith
wolf-smith
- Lunakova
Luna moon + kova smith
moon-smith
- Svetlakova
Svetla radiant + kova smith
radiant-smith
Gof initial
- Gofwalch
Gof smith + walch falcon
smith falcon
- Gofallt
Gof smith + allt hillside
smith hillside
- Gofgarth
Gof smith + garth ridge
smith ridge
Senses that travel together
Each of these shares at least two traditions with “smith”. 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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