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“thunder”

30 fragments across 17 traditions carry this sense. 24 of them open a name against 6 that close one, so this reads as a sense that leads.

Across the traditions

Reverse entry

They are spread across 5 different families, from creatures outward, which is the mark of a sense so basic that almost every tradition needs a word for it. Dragon 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.

Dragon


Creatures

Tharos initial · thor final · Thalya initial · Ozryn initial

  • Tharosvor

    Tharos thunder + vor greed

    thunder greed

  • Tharosyth

    Tharos thunder + yth deep

    thunder deep

  • Tharosux

    Tharos thunder + ux shadow

    thunder shadow

  • Sylaxthor

    Sylax wind + thor thunder

    wind thunder

  • Naxorthor

    Naxor night + thor thunder

    night thunder

  • Karzorthor

    Karzor stone + thor thunder

    stone thunder

  • Thalyaphyx

    Thalya thunder + phyx plume

    thunder plume

  • Thalyamor

    Thalya thunder + mor death

    thunder death

  • Thalyasyth

    Thalya thunder + syth hiss

    thunder hiss

  • Ozrynnagor

    Ozryn thunder + nagor serpent

    thunder serpent

  • Ozryneryx

    Ozryn thunder + eryx king

    thunder king

  • Ozrynosyth

    Ozryn thunder + osyth wing

    thunder wing

Dragonborn


Fantasy races

Thakh initial · Thras initial · Tharn initial · Dhur initial

  • Thakhbek

    Thakh thunder + bek sly

    thunder sly

  • Thakhvar

    Thakh thunder + var guarding

    thunder guarding

  • Thakhtan

    Thakh thunder + tan steady

    thunder steady

  • Thrasha

    Thras thunder + ha veiled

    thunder veiled

  • Thrasresha

    Thras thunder + resha cold

    thunder cold

  • Thrasvra

    Thras thunder + vra fierce

    thunder fierce

  • Tharntokh

    Tharn thunder + tokh unyielding

    thunder unyielding

  • Tharnzon

    Tharn thunder + zon silent

    thunder silent

  • Tharndul

    Tharn thunder + dul bound

    thunder bound

  • Dhuruthan

    Dhur thunder + uthan old blood

    thunder old blood

  • Dhurumar

    Dhur thunder + umar long memory

    thunder long memory

  • Dhurorvash

    Dhur thunder + orvash long war

    thunder long war

Giant


Creatures

Thundral initial · Thundril initial · Thunderal initial

  • Thundraltonnur

    Thundral thunder + tonnur teeth

    thunder teeth

  • Thundralstigar

    Thundral thunder + stigar path

    thunder path

  • Thundraldrennar

    Thundral thunder + drennar endurance

    thunder endurance

  • Thundrilyma

    Thundril thunder + yma rumble

    thunder rumble

  • Thundrilbrynja

    Thundril thunder + brynja mail

    thunder mail

  • Thundrilstunda

    Thundril thunder + stunda hour

    thunder hour

  • Thunderalskjold

    Thunderal thunder + skjold shield

    thunder shield

  • Thunderalmynni

    Thunderal thunder + mynni mouth

    thunder mouth

  • Thunderalminni

    Thunderal thunder + minni memory

    thunder memory

Banshee


Creatures

toirni final · Torann initial

  • Seanatoirni

    Seana old + toirni thunder

    old thunder

  • Taisetoirni

    Taise damp + toirni thunder

    damp thunder

  • Ailletoirni

    Aille cliff + toirni thunder

    cliff thunder

  • Torannscread

    Torann thunder + scread scream

    thunder scream

  • Torannlamh

    Torann thunder + lamh hand

    thunder hand

  • Torannlios

    Torann thunder + lios ringfort

    thunder ringfort

Barbarian


Tabletop

thull final · thulla final

  • Daggthull

    Dagg cut down + thull thunder

    cut down the thunder

  • Wrekthull

    Wrek wrecked + thull thunder

    wrecked the thunder

  • Vornthull

    Vorn warned + thull thunder

    warned the thunder

  • Wragathulla

    Wraga wrestled + thulla thunder

    wrestled the thunder

  • Lorgathulla

    Lorga lifted + thulla thunder

    lifted the thunder

  • Drukkathulla

    Drukka drank + thulla thunder

    drank the thunder

Dwarf


Fantasy races

Brum initial · Tova initial

  • Brumulfr

    Brum thunder + ulfr wolf

    thunder wolf

  • Brumdral

    Brum thunder + dral sturdy

    thunder sturdy

  • Brumek

    Brum thunder + ek kin

    thunder kin

  • Tovagard

    Tova thunder + gard enclosure

    thunder enclosure

  • Tovamund

    Tova thunder + mund protector

    thunder protector

  • Tovabirna

    Tova thunder + birna she-bear

    thunder she-bear

Viking


Real world

Thor initial · thora final

  • Thorgeirr

    Thor thunder + geirr spear

    thunder spear

  • Thorulf

    Thor thunder + ulf wolf

    thunder wolf

  • Thorvardr

    Thor thunder + vardr guardian

    thunder guardian

  • Hjorthora

    Hjor sword + thora thunder

    sword thunder

  • Thjodthora

    Thjod people + thora thunder

    people thunder

  • Gerdthora

    Gerd enclosure + thora thunder

    enclosure thunder

Werewolf


Creatures

Thor initial · Thora initial

  • Thorstorm

    Thor thunder + storm violent weather

    thunder violent weather

  • Thorstride

    Thor thunder + stride long step

    thunder long step

  • Thorfang

    Thor thunder + fang seizing tooth

    thunder seizing tooth

  • Thorawrath

    Thora thunder + wrath twisted anger

    thunder twisted anger

  • Thoravor

    Thora thunder + vor careful

    thunder careful

  • Thorakin

    Thora thunder + kin family stock

    thunder family stock

Centaur


Creatures

Bronto initial

  • Brontoboule

    Bronto thunder + boule counsel

    thunder counsel

  • Brontopothe

    Bronto thunder + pothe longing

    thunder longing

  • Brontochlaina

    Bronto thunder + chlaina cloak

    thunder cloak

Chinese


Real world

Lei initial

  • Leirong

    Lei thunder + rong glory

    thunder glory

  • Leiyao

    Lei thunder + yao shine

    thunder shine

  • Leide

    Lei thunder + de virtue

    thunder virtue

D&D


Tabletop

Thor initial

  • Thorrik

    Thor thunder + rik king

    thunder king

  • Thorgorn

    Thor thunder + gorn watchtower

    thunder watchtower

  • Thorheim

    Thor thunder + heim home

    thunder home

God


Creatures

Thur initial

  • Thursar

    Thur thunder + sar stars

    thunder of the stars

  • Thurthar

    Thur thunder + thar pillar

    thunder of the pillar

  • Thurseth

    Thur thunder + seth silence

    thunder of the silence

Kingdom


Objects

Tor initial

  • Tordeep

    Tor thunder + deep depths

    thunder depths

  • Torrike

    Tor thunder + rike realm

    thunder realm

  • Torgard

    Tor thunder + gard enclosure

    thunder enclosure

Minotaur


Creatures

bronte final

  • Kyanabronte

    Kyana dark blue + bronte thunder

    dark blue thunder

  • Chionebronte

    Chione snowy + bronte thunder

    snowy thunder

  • Mitabronte

    Mita thread + bronte thunder

    thread thunder

Scottish


Real world

Thor initial

  • Thorgall

    Thor thunder + gall stranger

    thunder stranger

  • Thorock

    Thor thunder + ock little

    thunder little

  • Thorgate

    Thor thunder + gate road

    thunder road

Vampire


Creatures

Grom initial

  • Gromianu

    Grom thunder + ianu of

    thunder-of

  • Gromescu

    Grom thunder + escu descendant

    thunder-descendant

  • Gromin

    Grom thunder + in of

    thunder-of

Wood Elf


Fantasy races

Thun initial

  • Thunstrand

    Thun thunder + strand water's edge

    thunder water's edge

  • Thunmoor

    Thun thunder + moor open heath

    thunder open heath

  • Thunfell

    Thun thunder + fell bare hill

    thunder bare hill

Senses that travel together

See also

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