“lion”
12 fragments across 9 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 4 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, Russian, has 3.
Lev initial · Ruslan initial · Ruslana initial
- Lev Vitalyevich
Lev lion + vitalyevich son of Vitaly
lion, son of Vitaly
- Lev Trofimovich
Lev lion + trofimovich son of Trofim
lion, son of Trofim
- Lev Maksimovich
Lev lion + maksimovich son of Maksim
lion, son of Maksim
- Ruslan Savvich
Ruslan lion + savvich son of Savva
lion, son of Savva
- Ruslan Yefimovich
Ruslan lion + yefimovich son of Yefim
lion, son of Yefim
- Ruslan Anatolyevich
Ruslan lion + anatolyevich son of Anatoly
lion, son of Anatoly
- Ruslana Anatolyevna
Ruslana lion + anatolyevna daughter of Anatoly
lion, daughter of Anatoly
- Ruslana Gennadyevna
Ruslana lion + gennadyevna daughter of Gennady
lion, daughter of Gennady
- Ruslana Yakovlevna
Ruslana lion + yakovlevna daughter of Yakov
lion, daughter of Yakov
Leo initial · Leona initial
- Leolind
Leo lion + lind lime shield
lion lime shield
- Leowulf
Leo lion + wulf wolf
lion wolf
- Leoswind
Leo lion + swind strong
lion strong
- Leonaalda
Leona lion + alda old
lion old
- Leonagrima
Leona lion + grima mask
lion mask
- Leonaebura
Leona lion + ebura boar
lion boar
Layth initial
- Layth Ibn Sultan
Layth lion + ibn sultan son of Sultan
lion, son of Sultan
- Layth Ibn Qasim
Layth lion + ibn qasim son of Qasim
lion, son of Qasim
- Layth Ibn Tahir
Layth lion + ibn tahir son of Tahir
lion, son of Tahir
Léon initial
- Léonet
Léon lion + et little
lion little
- Léonolphe
Léon lion + olphe wolf
lion wolf
- Léonram
Léon lion + ram raven
lion raven
Leo initial
- Leoboulos
Leo lion + boulos counsel
lion counsel
- Leoxenos
Leo lion + xenos stranger
lion stranger
- Leoponos
Leo lion + ponos toil
lion toil
sinh final
- Vishalsinh
Vishal vast + sinh lion
vast lion
- Virsinh
Vir hero + sinh lion
hero lion
- Rishisinh
Rishi seer + sinh lion
seer lion
Leo initial
- Leo Rowley
Leo lion + rowley rough meadow
lion, rough meadow
- Leo Bradford
Leo lion + bradford broad ford
lion, broad ford
- Leo Hampton
Leo lion + hampton home settlement
lion, home settlement
Leon initial
- Leonlind
Leon lion + lind shield
lion shield
- Leonfast
Leon lion + fast steadfast
lion steadfast
- Leonnand
Leon lion + nand daring
lion daring
Llew initial
- Llewbren
Llew lion + bren king
lion king
- Llewddu
Llew lion + ddu dark
lion dark
- Llewnant
Llew lion + nant stream
lion stream
Senses that travel together
Each of these shares at least two traditions with “lion”. 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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