box, container
→
chest (body part)
2 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | English | |
| Lexeme | chest | |
| Meaning 1 | chest | |
| Meaning 2 | breast, chest | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | O.E. cest "box, coffer," from P.Gmc. *kista, an early borrowing from L. cista, from Gk. kiste "a box, basket," from PIE *kista "woven container." Meaning extended to "thorax" 1530, replacing breast, on the metaphor of the ribs as a box for the organs. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Russian | |
| Lexeme 1 | kletka | |
| Lexeme 2 | grudnaja kletka | |
| Meaning 1 | cage, square | |
| Meaning 2 | chest | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ||