stick (n.)
→
comma
2 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Hungarian | |
| Lexeme | vessző | |
| Meaning 1 | rod, stave, stick, wand | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | comma | |
| Reference | MEK 1978 Zaicz 2006 Uralonet: 1098 | |
| Comment | Probably from Proto-Finno-Ugric *waćɜ 'thin, bendable branch or twig' + -ő (diminutive suffix). | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Medieval Latin | |
| Lexeme | virgula | |
| Meaning 1 | small rod, stick, wand, or staff | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | the slash mark ⟨/⟩, particularly (historical or obsolete) in its medieval use as a scratch comma | |
| Reference | du Cange Lewis, Short | |
| Comment | Late Latin virgula 'censoria, a critical mark, as a sign of spuriousness' (i. q. obelus), Quint. 1, 4, 3. 'Of an accentual mark' Mart. Cap. 3, § 273. Borrowed to French virgule, Italian virgola, Catalan vírgula, Portuguese vírgula 'comma', German Virgel 'slash'. From French Romanian virgulă 'comma'. |
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