“darkness”
12 fragments across 11 traditions carry this sense. 11 of them open a name against 1 that close one, so this reads as a sense that leads.
Across the traditions
¶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, Lich, has 2.
Tenebro initial · Tenebra initial
- Tenebrosenex
Tenebro darkness + senex old man
darkness old man
- Tenebrovector
Tenebro darkness + vector carrier
darkness carrier
- Tenebrocarnifex
Tenebro darkness + carnifex executioner
darkness executioner
- Tenebralectrix
Tenebra darkness + lectrix reader
darkness reader
- Tenebracatena
Tenebra darkness + catena chain
darkness chain
- Tenebraimperatrix
Tenebra darkness + imperatrix commander
darkness commander
Duibhre initial
- Duibhrescaird
Duibhre darkness + scaird squall
darkness squall
- Duibhrefada
Duibhre darkness + fada long
darkness long
- Duibhretairseach
Duibhre darkness + tairseach threshold
darkness threshold
Skoto initial
- Skotoarktos
Skoto darkness + arktos great bear
darkness great bear
- Skotostigme
Skoto darkness + stigme point
darkness point
- Skotoskopia
Skoto darkness + skopia lookout
darkness lookout
Mirk initial
- Mirkpark
Mirk darkness + park enclosed wood
darkness enclosed wood
- Mirkbrake
Mirk darkness + brake bracken thicket
darkness bracken thicket
- Mirkcoppice
Mirk darkness + coppice cut underwood
darkness cut underwood
myrkr final
- Nafnmyrkr
Nafn name + myrkr darkness
name darkness
- Malmyrkr
Mal measure + myrkr darkness
measure darkness
- Einmyrkr
Ein lone + myrkr darkness
lone darkness
Skoto initial
- Skotopnoos
Skoto darkness + pnoos breath
darkness breath
- Skotokerkos
Skoto darkness + kerkos tail
darkness tail
- Skotomenes
Skoto darkness + menes might
darkness might
Tenebra initial
- Tenebraveil
Tenebra darkness + veil thin covering
darkness thin covering
- Tenebrasleep
Tenebra darkness + sleep deep slumber
darkness deep slumber
- Tenebrabane
Tenebra darkness + bane ruin
darkness ruin
Night initial
- Night Workshop
Night darkness + workshop work room
darkness work room
- Night Squad
Night darkness + squad soldier square
darkness soldier square
- Night Chapter
Night darkness + chapter local branch
darkness local branch
Night initial
- Nightrun
Night darkness + run set route
darkness set route
- Nightsnare
Night darkness + snare trap loop
darkness trap loop
- Nightcatch
Night darkness + catch seizing hold
darkness seizing hold
Night initial
- Nightbranch
Night darkness + branch spreading limb
darkness spreading limb
- Nightbreeze
Night darkness + breeze gentle wind
darkness gentle wind
- Nightfang
Night darkness + fang seizing tooth
darkness seizing tooth
Murk initial
- Murkcraft
Murk darkness + craft skill
darkness skill
- Murketh
Murk darkness + eth breath
darkness breath
- Murkmund
Murk darkness + mund protection
darkness protection
Senses that travel together
Each of these shares at least two traditions with “darkness”. 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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