“watch”
14 fragments across 10 traditions carry this sense. 11 of them close a name against 3 that open one, so it usually lands as the second element.
Across the traditions
¶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. No single tradition hoards it: the deepest, Dwarf, has 2.
Var initial · vak final
- Varur
Var watch + ur ancient
watch ancient
- Varhild
Var watch + hild battle
watch battle
- Vargald
Var watch + gald chant
watch chant
- Vargvak
Varg outlaw + vak watch
outlaw watch
- Galdvak
Gald chant + vak watch
chant watch
- Vegvak
Veg road + vak watch
road watch
tir final · tira final
- Ilytir
Ily song + tir watch
song watch
- Elutir
Elu twilight + tir watch
twilight watch
- Mirtir
Mir crystal + tir watch
crystal watch
- Ciratira
Cira wind + tira watch
wind watch
- Ilatira
Ila song + tira watch
song watch
- Silatira
Sila shining + tira watch
shining watch
hald final · watch final
- Pelmarhald
Pelmar headland + hald watch
headland watch
- Snaevalhald
Snaeval snow peak + hald watch
snow peak watch
- Jorvaldhald
Jorvald bedrock + hald watch
bedrock watch
- Oldwatch
Old old + watch watch
old watch
- Winterwatch
Winter winter + watch watch
winter watch
- Basaltwatch
Basalt basalt + watch watch
basalt watch
vart final · Watch initial
- Valevart
Vale strong + vart watch
strong watch
- Sanctivart
Sancti holy + vart watch
holy watch
- Dignavart
Digna worthy + vart watch
worthy watch
- Watchbearer
Watch watch + bearer bearer
watch bearer
- Watchbell
Watch watch + bell bell
watch bell
- Watchbound
Watch watch + bound bound
watch bound
Ahvra initial
- Ahvrakath
Ahvra watch + kath of the wall
watch of the wall
- Ahvraresh
Ahvra watch + resh of the beginning
watch of the beginning
- Ahvravesh
Ahvra watch + vesh of the veil
watch of the veil
watch final
- Hawkwatch
Hawk hawk + watch watch
hawk watch
- Hillwatch
Hill hill + watch watch
hill watch
- Greywatch
Grey grey + watch watch
grey watch
garde final
- Marcgarde
Marc border + garde watch
border watch
- Courtgarde
Court short + garde watch
short watch
- Vertgarde
Vert green + garde watch
green watch
watch final
- Anomalous Watch
Anomalous uneven + watch watch
uneven watch
- Terminal Watch
Terminal boundary + watch watch
boundary watch
- Ballistic Watch
Ballistic thrown + watch watch
thrown watch
wacht final
- Lupwacht
Lup wolf + wacht watch
wolf-watch
- Temnawacht
Temna dark + wacht watch
dark-watch
- Muntwacht
Munt mountain + wacht watch
mountain-watch
watch final
- Greywatch
Grey grey + watch watch
grey watch
- Glyphwatch
Glyph glyph + watch watch
glyph watch
- Thornwatch
Thorn thorn + watch watch
thorn watch
Senses that travel together
Each of these shares at least two traditions with “watch”. 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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