mind (n.)
→
joke
3 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Semantic evolution | |
| Language | German | |
| Lexeme | Witz | |
| Meaning 1 | knowledge | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | joke | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | German | |
| Lexeme | Scharfsinn | |
| Meaning 1 | perspicacity | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | wittiness | |
| Reference | <personally collected data> | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Yiddish | |
| Lexeme | chóchme | |
| Meaning 1 | wisdom | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | pleasantry | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Also in the expression a chóchme 'шутка'. From Hebr. ḥochmāh 'wisdom'. Borrowed in Slavic languages: Rus. хохма, Ukr. arg., Bel. хохма 'smart funny joke, practical joke', Czech. (Mor.), Slov. chochmes 'mind', chochmy 'joke' (NRE 1, 258-259). См. Шмелев А.Д. От премудрого до смешного, или еще раз о хохме и остроумии. // Анна А. Зализняк, А.Д.Шмелев. Исследования по русской и компаративной семантике. М., 2021, с.362-370. |
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ср. рус. остроумие (остроумное решение - > острота, остроумный)