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“might”

17 fragments across 11 traditions carry this sense. They split 7 to 10 between opening and closing a name, which means it sits comfortably at either end.

Across the traditions

Reverse entry

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. German carries the most, with 4 separate fragments for it — a tradition that needs this many words for one idea is telling you something about what it cares about.

German


Real world

Mecht initial · trud final · trude final · trudis final

  • Mechthilt

    Mecht might + hilt battle

    might battle

  • Mechttrude

    Mecht might + trude might

    might might

  • Mechtgund

    Mecht might + gund war

    might war

  • Irmtrud

    Irm great + trud might

    great might

  • Erktrud

    Erk genuine + trud might

    genuine might

  • Gebtrud

    Geb gift + trud might

    gift might

  • Meintrude

    Mein strength + trude might

    strength might

  • Fasttrude

    Fast firm + trude might

    firm might

  • Kunitrude

    Kuni kin + trude might

    kin might

  • Wintrudis

    Win friend + trudis might

    friend might

  • Gundtrudis

    Gund war + trudis might

    war might

  • Ottrudis

    Ot wealth + trudis might

    wealth might

Knight


People

Mah initial · Mat initial · Til initial

  • Mahrun

    Mah might + run secret

    might secret

  • Mahlinde

    Mah might + linde soft

    might soft

  • Mahgarde

    Mah might + garde enclosure

    might enclosure

  • Matine

    Mat might + ine little

    might little

  • Matmunda

    Mat might + munda protection

    might protection

  • Matelle

    Mat might + elle little

    might little

  • Tilborga

    Til might + borga fortress

    might fortress

  • Tilise

    Til might + ise knowing

    might knowing

  • Tilnore

    Til might + nore light

    might light

Phoenix


Creatures

sthenes final · sthenia final

  • Akrosthenes

    Akro topmost + sthenes might

    topmost might

  • Augosthenes

    Augo ray + sthenes might

    ray might

  • Libanosthenes

    Libano frankincense + sthenes might

    frankincense might

  • Zoiasthenia

    Zoia life + sthenia might

    life might

  • Chroniasthenia

    Chronia time + sthenia might

    time might

  • Anthrakasthenia

    Anthraka coal + sthenia might

    coal might

Centaur


Creatures

menes final

  • Oxymenes

    Oxy sharp + menes might

    sharp might

  • Kallimenes

    Kalli beautiful + menes might

    beautiful might

  • Kartomenes

    Karto strong + menes might

    strong might

Dwarf


Fantasy races

thrud final

  • Mildrthrud

    Mildr mild + thrud might

    mild might

  • Sigrthrud

    Sigr victory + thrud might

    victory might

  • Unnathrud

    Unna love + thrud might

    love might

Egyptian


Real world

User initial

  • Userakhet

    User might + akhet of the horizon

    might of the horizon

  • Userhu

    User might + hu of the utterance

    might of the utterance

  • Userdjet

    User might + djet endures for ever

    might endures for ever

French


Real world

Math initial

  • Mathsinde

    Math might + sinde journey

    might journey

  • Mathgonde

    Math might + gonde war

    might war

  • Mathtraude

    Math might + traude strength

    might strength

Greek


Real world

krates final

  • Diokrates

    Dio divine + krates might

    divine might

  • Ambrokrates

    Ambro immortal + krates might

    immortal might

  • Theokrates

    Theo god + krates might

    god might

Human


People

thryd final

  • Hygethryd

    Hyge mind + thryd might

    mind might

  • Wilthryd

    Wil will + thryd might

    will might

  • Wynthryd

    Wyn joy + thryd might

    joy might

Minotaur


Creatures

menes final

  • Alkomenes

    Alko strength + menes might

    strength might

  • Dermomenes

    Dermo hide + menes might

    hide might

  • Aichmomenes

    Aichmo spear-point + menes might

    spear-point might

Werewolf


Creatures

Mag initial

  • Magfell

    Mag might + fell deadly cruel

    might deadly cruel

  • Magwrath

    Mag might + wrath twisted anger

    might twisted anger

  • Maghunt

    Mag might + hunt pursuit of game

    might pursuit of game

Senses that travel together

See also

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