horseman, rider
→
knight (chess)
5 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Czech | |
| Lexeme | jezdec | |
| Meaning 1 | horseman, rider | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | knight (chess) | |
| Reference | Kopeckij 1976: 265 | |
| Comment | Slovak jazdec | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | English | |
| Lexeme | knight | |
| Meaning 1 | horseman, rider | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | knight (chess) | |
| Reference | ODE | |
| Comment | borrowed to Japanese naito, Korean naiteu ‘knight in chess’ | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | French | |
| Lexeme | cavalier | |
| Meaning 1 | horseman, rider | être hardi cavalier to be a brave rider |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | knight (chess) | |
| Reference | NFRS | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Icelandic | |
| Lexeme | riddari | |
| Meaning 1 | horseman, rider | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | knight (chess) | |
| Reference | Berkov et al. 1962 | |
| Comment | Afrikaans ruiter, Yiddish riter, Faroese riddari | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Irish Gaelic | |
| Lexeme | ridire | |
| Meaning 1 | horseman, rider | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | knight (chess) | |
| Reference | Ó Dónaill 1977 | |
| Comment | From Old Irish ritire “rider, knight”, from Old English ridere horseman | |