“willow”
13 fragments across 9 traditions carry this sense. 9 of them open a name against 4 that close one, so this reads as a sense that leads.
Across the traditions
¶They are spread across 5 different families, from fantasy races 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, Druid, has 3.
Sal initial · with final · Sael initial
- Salheath
Sal willow + heath open moorland
willow open moorland
- Saldun
Sal willow + dun hill
willow hill
- Salknock
Sal willow + knock knoll
willow knoll
- Branwith
Bran raven + with willow
raven willow
- Bodwith
Bod dwelling + with willow
dwelling willow
- Yarrwith
Yarr yarrow + with willow
yarrow willow
- Saelblossom
Sael willow + blossom fruit flower
willow fruit flower
- Saelbough
Sael willow + bough branching arm
willow branching arm
- Saelbriar
Sael willow + briar prickly bush
willow prickly bush
wyth final · Wil initial
- Faewyth
Fae fate + wyth willow
fate willow
- Druwyth
Dru oak + wyth willow
oak willow
- Vywyth
Vy vine + wyth willow
vine willow
- Wilthatch
Wil willow + thatch roof straw
willow roof straw
- Wilbane
Wil willow + bane ruin
willow ruin
- Wilfrost
Wil willow + frost biting cold
willow biting cold
Varn initial · Varna initial
- Varngil
Varn willow + gil ravine
willow ravine
- Varnshaw
Varn willow + shaw coppiced wood
willow coppiced wood
- Varnlith
Varn willow + lith bark
willow bark
- Varnasenna
Varna willow + senna sunbeam
willow sunbeam
- Varnamaela
Varna willow + maela meadow
willow meadow
- Varnalenna
Varna willow + lenna clearing
willow clearing
Liu initial
- Liujie
Liu willow + jie pure
willow pure
- Liuwan
Liu willow + wan gentle
willow gentle
- Liudie
Liu willow + die butterfly
willow butterfly
selja final
- Viggaselja
Vigga spear + selja willow
spear willow
- Steinaselja
Steina stone + selja willow
stone willow
- Dagnselja
Dagn dawn + selja willow
dawn willow
Wil initial
- Wilberry
Wil willow + berry fruit
willow fruit
- Wilbrook
Wil willow + brook stream
willow stream
- Wilrow
Wil willow + row lane
willow lane
sallagh final
- Glensallagh
Glen valley + sallagh willow
valley willow
- Athsallagh
Ath ford + sallagh willow
ford willow
- Ballaghsallagh
Ballagh pass + sallagh willow
pass willow
Selja initial
- Seljataka
Selja willow + taka taking
willow taking
- Seljanara
Selja willow + nara gnawing
willow gnawing
- Seljaskepna
Selja willow + skepna creature
willow creature
Wil initial
- Wiline
Wil willow + ine little
willow little
- Wildwyn
Wil willow + dwyn twilight
willow twilight
- Wilwen
Wil willow + wen white
willow white
Senses that travel together
Each of these shares at least two traditions with “willow”. 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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