“hillside”
10 fragments across 9 traditions carry this sense. 7 of them close a name against 3 that open one, so it usually lands as the second element.
Across the traditions
¶They are spread across 4 different families, from objects 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, Welsh, has 2.
allt final · Bron initial
- Onnallt
Onn ash + allt hillside
ash hillside
- Tarwallt
Tarw bull + allt hillside
bull hillside
- Dolallt
Dol meadow + allt hillside
meadow hillside
- Bronlon
Bron hillside + lon cheerful
hillside cheerful
- Bronfach
Bron hillside + fach small
hillside small
- Bronfro
Bron hillside + fro vale
hillside vale
Brae initial
- Braeburgh
Brae hillside + burgh fortified place
hillside fortified place
- Braesolar
Brae hillside + solar upper chamber
hillside upper chamber
- Braechapel
Brae hillside + chapel private church
hillside private church
side final
- Wheatside
Wheat bread grain + side hillside
bread grain hillside
- Oakside
Oak oak tree + side hillside
oak tree hillside
- Merside
Mer lake + side hillside
lake hillside
bree final
- Beliabree
Belia kind + bree hillside
kind hillside
- Luiabree
Luia moon-white + bree hillside
moon-white hillside
- Renniabree
Rennia begun again + bree hillside
begun again hillside
Down initial
- Downgate
Down hillside + gate gateway
hillside gateway
- Downthorn
Down hillside + thorn spine
hillside spine
- Downhill
Down hillside + hill rise
hillside rise
side final
- Hazelside
Hazel hazel tree + side hillside
hazel tree hillside
- Cloverside
Clover pasture flower + side hillside
pasture flower hillside
- Pineside
Pine pine tree + side hillside
pine tree hillside
side final
- Baldside
Bald bold + side hillside
bold hillside
- Fowlside
Fowl bird + side hillside
bird hillside
- Sadside
Sad sober + side hillside
sober hillside
brae final
- Glasbrae
Glas grey green + brae hillside
grey green hillside
- Basaltbrae
Basalt dark volcanic rock + brae hillside
dark volcanic rock hillside
- Eaglebrae
Eagle eagles + brae hillside
eagles hillside
brae final
- Duffbrae
Duff black + brae hillside
black hillside
- Glasbrae
Glas grey-green + brae hillside
grey-green hillside
- Rossbrae
Ross headland + brae hillside
headland hillside
Senses that travel together
Each of these shares at least two traditions with “hillside”. 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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