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“yew”

11 fragments across 9 traditions carry this sense. 10 of them open a name against 1 that close one, so this reads as a sense that leads.

Across the traditions

Reverse entry

They are spread across 6 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, Elf, has 2.

Elf


Fantasy races

Yr initial · Yri initial

  • Yrveth

    Yr yew + veth peace

    yew peace

  • Yrheth

    Yr yew + heth mist

    yew mist

  • Yrlain

    Yr yew + lain song

    yew song

  • Yritira

    Yri yew + tira watch

    yew watch

  • Yrilien

    Yri yew + lien bloom

    yew bloom

  • Yridwen

    Yri yew + dwen maiden

    yew maiden

Werewolf


Creatures

Yr initial · Iva initial

  • Yrson

    Yr yew + son male child

    yew male child

  • Yrbane

    Yr yew + bane undoing

    yew undoing

  • Yrrend

    Yr yew + rend tearing apart

    yew tearing apart

  • Ivafang

    Iva yew + fang seizing tooth

    yew seizing tooth

  • Ivaborn

    Iva yew + born born of

    yew born of

  • Ivaglade

    Iva yew + glade bright clearing

    yew bright clearing

D&D


Tabletop

Yr initial

  • Yrvald

    Yr yew + vald power

    yew power

  • Yrdris

    Yr yew + dris path

    yew path

  • Yrrun

    Yr yew + run secret

    yew secret

Forest


Objects

Yew initial

  • Yewwarren

    Yew yew + warren warren

    yew warren

  • Yewwald

    Yew yew + wald forest

    yew forest

  • Yewchase

    Yew yew + chase private forest

    yew private forest

French


Real world

Yv initial

  • Yvrand

    Yv yew + rand raven

    yew raven

  • Yvbrand

    Yv yew + brand sword

    yew sword

  • Yvelme

    Yv yew + elme helmet

    yew helmet

Irish


Real world

nure final

  • Drumnure

    Drum ridge + nure yew

    ridge yew

  • Derrynure

    Derry oak grove + nure yew

    oak grove yew

  • Shannure

    Shan old + nure yew

    old yew

Kingdom


Objects

Yr initial

  • Yrvale

    Yr yew + vale valley

    yew valley

  • Yrstone

    Yr yew + stone standing stone

    yew standing stone

  • Yrweald

    Yr yew + weald wooded upland

    yew wooded upland

Pirate


People

Yvette initial

  • Yvette Bilgewater

    Yvette yew + bilgewater bilge water

    yew, called the bilge water

  • Yvette Deepwater

    Yvette yew + deepwater deep water

    yew, called the deep water

  • Yvette Nightingale

    Yvette yew + nightingale nightingale

    yew, called the nightingale

Vampire


Creatures

Tisa initial

  • Tisaheim

    Tisa yew + heim home

    yew-home

  • Tisaberg

    Tisa yew + berg mountain

    yew-mountain

  • Tisadorf

    Tisa yew + dorf village

    yew-village

Senses that travel together

See also

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