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“thunder”

30 fragments across 15 traditions carry this sense. 28 of them open a name against 2 that close one, so this reads as a sense that leads.

Across the traditions

Reverse entry

They are spread across 5 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

Tharos initial · thor final · Thalya initial · Ozryn initial · Thunder initial

  • Tharosvor

    Tharos thunder + vor greed

    thunder greed

  • Tharosyth

    Tharos thunder + yth deep

    thunder deep

  • Tharosux

    Tharos thunder + ux shadow

    thunder shadow

  • Sylaxthor

    Sylax wind + thor thunder

    wind thunder

  • Naxorthor

    Naxor night + thor thunder

    night thunder

  • Karzorthor

    Karzor stone + thor thunder

    stone thunder

  • Thalyaphyx

    Thalya thunder + phyx plume

    thunder plume

  • Thalyamor

    Thalya thunder + mor death

    thunder death

  • Thalyasyth

    Thalya thunder + syth hiss

    thunder hiss

  • Ozrynnagor

    Ozryn thunder + nagor serpent

    thunder serpent

  • Ozryneryx

    Ozryn thunder + eryx king

    thunder king

  • Ozrynosyth

    Ozryn thunder + osyth wing

    thunder wing

Dragonborn


Fantasy races

Thakh initial · Thras initial · Tharn initial · Dhur initial

  • Thakhbek

    Thakh thunder + bek sly

    thunder sly

  • Thakhvar

    Thakh thunder + var guarding

    thunder guarding

  • Thakhtan

    Thakh thunder + tan steady

    thunder steady

  • Thrasha

    Thras thunder + ha veiled

    thunder veiled

  • Thrasresha

    Thras thunder + resha cold

    thunder cold

  • Thrasvra

    Thras thunder + vra fierce

    thunder fierce

  • Tharntokh

    Tharn thunder + tokh unyielding

    thunder unyielding

  • Tharnzon

    Tharn thunder + zon silent

    thunder silent

  • Tharndul

    Tharn thunder + dul bound

    thunder bound

  • Dhuruthan

    Dhur thunder + uthan old blood

    thunder old blood

  • Dhurumar

    Dhur thunder + umar long memory

    thunder long memory

  • Dhurorvash

    Dhur thunder + orvash long war

    thunder long war

Giant


Creatures

Thundral initial · Thundril initial · Thunderal initial · Thunder initial

  • Thundraltonnur

    Thundral thunder + tonnur teeth

    thunder teeth

  • Thundralstigar

    Thundral thunder + stigar path

    thunder path

  • Thundraldrennar

    Thundral thunder + drennar endurance

    thunder endurance

  • Thundrilyma

    Thundril thunder + yma rumble

    thunder rumble

  • Thundrilbrynja

    Thundril thunder + brynja mail

    thunder mail

  • Thundrilstunda

    Thundril thunder + stunda hour

    thunder hour

  • Thunderalskjold

    Thunderal thunder + skjold shield

    thunder shield

  • Thunderalmynni

    Thunderal thunder + mynni mouth

    thunder mouth

  • Thunderalminni

    Thunderal thunder + minni memory

    thunder memory

  • Thunderstep

    Thunder thunder + step step

    thunder step

  • Thunderanvil

    Thunder thunder + anvil anvil

    thunder anvil

  • Thunderbrow

    Thunder thunder + brow brow

    thunder brow

Dwarf


Fantasy races

Brum initial · Tova initial · Thunder initial

  • Brumrund

    Brum thunder + rund ring

    thunder ring

  • Brumkarn

    Brum thunder + karn carver

    thunder carver

  • Brumkin

    Brum thunder + kin clan

    thunder clan

  • Tovadris

    Tova thunder + dris lady

    thunder lady

  • Tovaulla

    Tova thunder + ulla wool

    thunder wool

  • Tovaskjold

    Tova thunder + skjold bulwark

    thunder bulwark

  • Thunderstride

    Thunder thunder + stride stride

    thunder stride

  • Thunderhold

    Thunder thunder + hold hold

    thunder hold

  • Thunderdelver

    Thunder thunder + delver delver

    thunder delver

God


Creatures

Thur initial · Thunder initial

  • Thurvor

    Thur thunder + vor hunger

    thunder of the hunger

  • Thurkar

    Thur thunder + kar hand

    thunder of the hand

  • Thurmar

    Thur thunder + mar tide

    thunder of the tide

  • Thundermaker

    Thunder thunder + maker maker

    thunder maker

  • Thunderrender

    Thunder thunder + render render

    thunder render

  • Thundersunderer

    Thunder thunder + sunderer sunderer

    thunder sunderer

Viking


Real world

Thor initial · thora final

  • Thorgeirr

    Thor thunder + geirr spear

    thunder spear

  • Thorulf

    Thor thunder + ulf wolf

    thunder wolf

  • Thorvardr

    Thor thunder + vardr guardian

    thunder guardian

  • Hjorthora

    Hjor sword + thora thunder

    sword thunder

  • Thjodthora

    Thjod people + thora thunder

    people thunder

  • Gerdthora

    Gerd enclosure + thora thunder

    enclosure thunder

Werewolf


Creatures

Thor initial · Thora initial

  • Thorstorm

    Thor thunder + storm violent weather

    thunder violent weather

  • Thorstride

    Thor thunder + stride long step

    thunder long step

  • Thorfang

    Thor thunder + fang seizing tooth

    thunder seizing tooth

  • Thorawrath

    Thora thunder + wrath twisted anger

    thunder twisted anger

  • Thoravor

    Thora thunder + vor careful

    thunder careful

  • Thorakin

    Thora thunder + kin family stock

    thunder family stock

Chinese


Real world

Lei initial

  • Leichen

    Lei thunder + chen morning

    thunder morning

  • Leixin

    Lei thunder + xin heart

    thunder heart

  • Leidong

    Lei thunder + dong east

    thunder east

D&D


Tabletop

Thor initial

  • Thormar

    Thor thunder + mar famous

    thunder famous

  • Thorthorn

    Thor thunder + thorn thorn

    thunder thorn

  • Thorborn

    Thor thunder + born born of

    thunder born of

Kingdom


Objects

Tor initial

  • Tormere

    Tor thunder + mere lake

    thunder lake

  • Torkeep

    Tor thunder + keep castle

    thunder castle

  • Torfold

    Tor thunder + fold sheltered vale

    thunder sheltered vale

Mountain


Objects

Thunder initial

  • Thunderjoch

    Thunder thunder + joch high pass

    thunder high pass

  • Thundermont

    Thunder thunder + mont mount

    thunder mount

  • Thunderstock

    Thunder thunder + stock rock massif

    thunder rock massif

Orc


Fantasy races

Thunder initial

  • Thunderdrinker

    Thunder thunder + drinker drinker

    thunder drinker

  • Thunderrender

    Thunder thunder + render render

    thunder render

  • Thundersplitter

    Thunder thunder + splitter splitter

    thunder splitter

Scottish


Real world

Thor initial

  • Thorbost

    Thor thunder + bost farmstead

    thunder farmstead

  • Thorbane

    Thor thunder + bane pale

    thunder pale

  • Thormuir

    Thor thunder + muir moor

    thunder moor

Ship


Objects

Thunder initial

  • Thunder Pilgrim

    Thunder thunder + pilgrim foreigner

    thunder foreigner

  • Thunder Venture

    Thunder thunder + venture venture

    thunder venture

  • Thunder Tiger

    Thunder thunder + tiger tiger

    thunder tiger

Vampire


Creatures

Grom initial

  • Gromianu

    Grom thunder + ianu of

    thunder-of

  • Gromescu

    Grom thunder + escu descendant

    thunder-descendant

  • Gromin

    Grom thunder + in of

    thunder-of

Senses that travel together

See also

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