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“thorn”

14 fragments across 11 traditions carry this sense. 11 of them open a name against 3 that close one, so this reads as a sense that leads.

Across the traditions

Reverse entry

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, Troll, has 2.

Troll


Creatures

Dorn initial · Thorn initial

  • Dornhump

    Dorn thorn + hump hump

    thorn hump

  • Dornhukk

    Dorn thorn + hukk hunch

    thorn hunch

  • Dornkul

    Dorn thorn + kul club

    thorn club

  • Thornsack

    Thorn thorn + sack sack

    thorn sack

  • Thornsitter

    Thorn thorn + sitter sitter

    thorn sitter

  • Thornthumper

    Thorn thorn + thumper thumper

    thorn thumper

Vampire


Creatures

Dorn initial · dorna final

  • Dornaru

    Dorn thorn + aru craftsman

    thorn-craftsman

  • Dornfels

    Dorn thorn + fels cliff

    thorn-cliff

  • Dornmir

    Dorn thorn + mir world

    thorn-world

  • Svetladorna

    Svetla radiant + dorna thorn

    radiant-thorn

  • Zlatadorna

    Zlata golden + dorna thorn

    golden-thorn

  • Ludmiladorna

    Ludmila people's love + dorna thorn

    people's love-thorn

Wizard


People

dorn final · Thorn initial

  • Cindorn

    Cin cinder + dorn thorn

    cinder thorn

  • Vasdorn

    Vas vessel + dorn thorn

    vessel thorn

  • Dravdorn

    Drav drawn + dorn thorn

    drawn thorn

  • Thorngate

    Thorn thorn + gate gate

    thorn gate

  • Thornmantle

    Thorn thorn + mantle mantle

    thorn mantle

  • Thornthread

    Thorn thorn + thread thread

    thorn thread

Bard


Tabletop

Thorn initial

  • Thorntongue

    Thorn thorn + tongue tongue

    thorn tongue

  • Thornvoice

    Thorn thorn + voice voice

    thorn voice

  • Thornchime

    Thorn thorn + chime chime

    thorn chime

Cyberpunk


People

Thorn initial

  • Thornmask

    Thorn thorn + mask mask

    thorn mask

  • Thornbyte

    Thorn thorn + byte byte

    thorn byte

  • Thorntongue

    Thorn thorn + tongue tongue

    thorn tongue

D&D


Tabletop

thorn final

  • Magthorn

    Mag great + thorn thorn

    great thorn

  • Jorthorn

    Jor earth + thorn thorn

    earth thorn

  • Garthorn

    Gar spear + thorn thorn

    spear thorn

Dragonborn


Fantasy races

Thez initial

  • Thezthura

    Thez thorn + thura enduring

    thorn enduring

  • Thezba

    Thez thorn + ba born

    thorn born

  • Theznura

    Thez thorn + nura patient

    thorn patient

Drow


Fantasy races

Rhaz initial

  • Rhazythir

    Rhaz thorn + ythir taproot

    thorn taproot

  • Rhazulvaen

    Rhaz thorn + ulvaen stronghold

    thorn stronghold

  • Rhazuzzeth

    Rhaz thorn + uzzeth undercroft

    thorn undercroft

Elf


Fantasy races

Thorn initial

  • Thornspire

    Thorn thorn + spire spire

    thorn spire

  • Thornreach

    Thorn thorn + reach reach

    thorn reach

  • Thornwalker

    Thorn thorn + walker walker

    thorn walker

Kingdom


Objects

Thorn initial

  • Thorngarde

    Thorn thorn + garde stronghold

    thorn stronghold

  • Thornwood

    Thorn thorn + wood woodland

    thorn woodland

  • Thorngrove

    Thorn thorn + grove grove

    thorn grove

Pirate


People

Thorn initial

  • Thornhook

    Thorn thorn + hook hook

    thorn hook

  • Thornsworn

    Thorn thorn + sworn sworn

    thorn sworn

  • Thornborn

    Thorn thorn + born born

    thorn born

Senses that travel together

See also

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