“cairn”
10 fragments across 8 traditions carry this sense. They split 6 to 4 between opening and closing a name, which means it sits comfortably at either end.
Across the traditions
¶They are spread across 5 different families, from real world 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, Celtic, has 2.
Carno initial · carnon final
- Carnobetuon
Carno cairn + betuon birch stand
cairn birch stand
- Carnoderuon
Carno cairn + deruon oak wood
cairn oak wood
- Carnomedion
Carno cairn + medion middle
cairn middle
- Deruocarnon
Deruo oak + carnon cairn
oak cairn
- Lindocarnon
Lindo pool + carnon cairn
pool cairn
- Pennocarnon
Penno headland + carnon cairn
headland cairn
Vard initial · Cair initial
- Vardplodd
Vard cairn + plodd plodder
cairn plodder
- Vardgrip
Vard cairn + grip crushing hold
cairn crushing hold
- Vardgrud
Vard cairn + grud grudge
cairn grudge
- Cairsakka
Cair cairn + sakka sack
cairn sack
- Cairhumpa
Cair cairn + humpa hump
cairn hump
- Cairsytta
Cair cairn + sytta sitter
cairn sitter
carn final
- Uisccarn
Uisc water + carn cairn
water cairn
- Tobarcarn
Tobar well + carn cairn
well cairn
- Uaighcarn
Uaigh grave + carn cairn
grave cairn
Carn initial
- Carndarr
Carn cairn + darr oak
cairn oak
- Carnroth
Carn cairn + roth wheel
cairn wheel
- Carnknock
Carn cairn + knock knoll
cairn knoll
carn final
- Glascarn
Glas green + carn cairn
green cairn
- Domncarn
Domn world + carn cairn
world cairn
- Kencarn
Ken chief + carn cairn
chief cairn
carn final
- Tincarn
Tin soft pale metal + carn cairn
soft pale metal cairn
- Roundcarn
Round smooth + carn cairn
smooth cairn
- Ibexcarn
Ibex wild mountain goat + carn cairn
wild mountain goat cairn
Carn initial
- Carnfro
Carn cairn + fro vale
cairn vale
- Carnlydan
Carn cairn + lydan broad
cairn broad
- Carngul
Carn cairn + gul narrow
cairn narrow
Cair initial
- Cairith
Cair cairn + ith thread
cairn thread
- Cairhedge
Cair cairn + hedge field boundary
cairn field boundary
- Cairvale
Cair cairn + vale broad valley
cairn broad valley
Senses that travel together
Each of these shares at least two traditions with “cairn”. 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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