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“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

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. No single tradition hoards it: the deepest, Dwarf, has 2.

Dwarf


Fantasy races

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

Elf


Fantasy races

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

Giant


Creatures

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

Paladin


Tabletop

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

Angel


Creatures

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

D&D


Tabletop

watch final

  • Hawkwatch

    Hawk hawk + watch watch

    hawk watch

  • Hillwatch

    Hill hill + watch watch

    hill watch

  • Greywatch

    Grey grey + watch watch

    grey watch

Knight


People

garde final

  • Marcgarde

    Marc border + garde watch

    border watch

  • Courtgarde

    Court short + garde watch

    short watch

  • Vertgarde

    Vert green + garde watch

    green watch

Spaceship


Objects

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

Vampire


Creatures

wacht final

  • Lupwacht

    Lup wolf + wacht watch

    wolf-watch

  • Temnawacht

    Temna dark + wacht watch

    dark-watch

  • Muntwacht

    Munt mountain + wacht watch

    mountain-watch

Wizard


People

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

See also

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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