to feel hunger
—
to want
5 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
| 1211 | to feel thirsty | — | to want | Open |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Ancient Greek | |
| Lexeme | peinao | |
| Meaning 1 | to be hungry | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to desire, to long for | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Gothic | |
| Lexeme 1 | grēdus | |
| Lexeme 2 | gairnjan | |
| Meaning 1 | hunger | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | desire | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Buck 332 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Irish Gaelic | |
| Lexeme 1 | ocras | |
| Lexeme 2 | caraim | |
| Meaning 1 | hunger | |
| Direction | ← | |
| Meaning 2 | love, desire | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Buck 332 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Latin | |
| Lexeme | esurio, -ire | |
| Meaning 1 | to be hungry | cum esuriente panem suum dividere 'to share one's bread with the one who is hungry' |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to want, desire, long for | nil ibi, quod nobis esuriatur, erit 'there is nothing which would be desirable for us' |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Semantic evolution | |
| Language 1 | Old East Slavic | |
| Language 2 | Russian | |
| Lexeme 1 | алкати | |
| Lexeme 2 | alkat' | |
| Meaning 1 | to starve, to famish | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to desire | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ||