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“god”

12 fragments across 10 traditions carry this sense. 10 of them open a name against 2 that close one, so this reads as a sense that leads.

Across the traditions

Reverse entry

They cluster in 3 families, most of them real world. No single tradition hoards it: the deepest, German, has 2.

German


Real world

Ans initial · Gott initial

  • Ansbrand

    Ans god + brand sword

    god sword

  • Anshild

    Ans god + hild battle

    god battle

  • Answald

    Ans god + wald rule

    god rule

  • Gottfried

    Gott god + fried peace

    god peace

  • Gotther

    Gott god + her army

    god army

  • Gottold

    Gott god + old ruler

    god ruler

Greek


Real world

Theo initial · theos final

  • Theodamos

    Theo god + damos folk

    god folk

  • Theomnestos

    Theo god + mnestos mindful

    god mindful

  • Theonikos

    Theo god + nikos victor

    god victor

  • Chrysotheos

    Chryso gold + theos god

    gold god

  • Terpsitheos

    Terpsi delight + theos god

    delight god

  • Architheos

    Archi chief + theos god

    chief god

Celtic


Real world

Deuo initial

  • Deuognatos

    Deuo god + gnatos son

    god son

  • Deuonouios

    Deuo god + nouios new

    god new

  • Deuogobannos

    Deuo god + gobannos smith

    god smith

French


Real world

Ans initial

  • Ansmar

    Ans god + mar famous

    god famous

  • Ansouf

    Ans god + ouf wolf

    god wolf

  • Ansault

    Ans god + ault rule

    god rule

Human


People

Os initial

  • Osdun

    Os god + dun hill

    god hill

  • Osweard

    Os god + weard guardian

    god guardian

  • Osead

    Os god + ead wealth

    god wealth

Indian


Real world

Dev initial

  • Devyash

    Dev god + yash glory

    god glory

  • Devnetra

    Dev god + netra eye

    god eye

  • Devkalyan

    Dev god + kalyan welfare

    god welfare

Knight


People

Ans initial

  • Ansger

    Ans god + ger spear

    god spear

  • Ansold

    Ans god + old rule

    god rule

  • Answald

    Ans god + wald rule

    god rule

Phoenix


Creatures

theos final

  • Kassiotheos

    Kassio cassia + theos god

    cassia god

  • Elektrotheos

    Elektro amber + theos god

    amber god

  • Kinnamotheos

    Kinnamo cinnamon + theos god

    cinnamon god

Vampire


Creatures

Bogo initial

  • Bogostadt

    Bogo god + stadt town

    god-town

  • Bogobert

    Bogo god + bert bright

    god-bright

  • Bogoianu

    Bogo god + ianu of

    god-of

Viking


Real world

Gud initial

  • Gudfrid

    Gud god + frid peace

    god peace

  • Gudvald

    Gud god + vald ruler

    god ruler

  • Gudulfr

    Gud god + ulfr wolf

    god wolf

Senses that travel together

See also

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