“stream”
13 fragments across 11 traditions carry this sense. 11 of them close a name against 2 that open one, so it usually lands as the second element.
Across the traditions
¶They are spread across 5 different families, from people 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, Druid, has 2.
nant final · Rhia initial
- Eithnant
Eith gorse + nant stream
gorse stream
- Ruadnant
Ruad rust + nant stream
rust stream
- Arnnant
Arn earth + nant stream
earth stream
- Rhialeaf
Rhia stream + leaf green blade
stream green blade
- Rhiadew
Rhia stream + dew morning damp
stream morning damp
- Rhiawind
Rhia stream + wind blowing air
stream blowing air
bourne final · burn final
- Stockbourne
Stock tree stump + bourne stream
tree stump stream
- Hartbourne
Hart stag + bourne stream
stag stream
- Presbourne
Pres priest + bourne stream
priest stream
- Newburn
New recent + burn stream
recent stream
- Fernburn
Fern feather plant + burn stream
feather plant stream
- Goldburn
Gold yellow metal + burn stream
yellow metal stream
burn final
- Willowburn
Willow willow tree + burn stream
willow tree stream
- Thornburn
Thorn thorn bush + burn stream
thorn bush stream
- Walburn
Wal foreigners + burn stream
foreigners stream
bek final
- Vindbek
Vind wind + bek stream
wind stream
- Jarnbek
Jarn iron + bek stream
iron stream
- Ekkbek
Ekk oak + bek stream
oak stream
brook final
- Thatchbrook
Thatch roof straw + brook stream
roof straw stream
- Holbrook
Hol holly + brook stream
holly stream
- Hambrook
Ham homestead + brook stream
homestead stream
Sruth initial
- Sruthlin
Sruth stream + lin pool
stream pool
- Sruthfern
Sruth stream + fern alder
stream alder
- Sruthskea
Sruth stream + skea hawthorn
stream hawthorn
bec final
- Malbec
Mal ill + bec stream
ill stream
- Saultbec
Sault leap + bec stream
leap stream
- Rochebec
Roche rock + bec stream
rock stream
burn final
- Torburn
Tor mound + burn stream
mound stream
- Garvburn
Garv rough + burn stream
rough stream
- Donburn
Don brown + burn stream
brown stream
bourne final
- Outbourne
Out outer + bourne stream
outer stream
- Plumbourne
Plum plum tree + bourne stream
plum tree stream
- Troutbourne
Trout trout + bourne stream
trout stream
nant final
- Ystradnant
Ystrad valley floor + nant stream
valley floor stream
- Melnant
Mel honey + nant stream
honey stream
- Gwalchnant
Gwalch hawk + nant stream
hawk stream
ria final
- Kalaria
Kala cold + ria stream
cold stream
- Essaria
Essa essence + ria stream
essence stream
- Etharia
Etha breath + ria stream
breath stream
Senses that travel together
Each of these shares at least two traditions with “stream”. 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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