belly
→
melancholy
1 realization
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
| 3705 | monk | → | puffin | Open |
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Comment
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
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| Type | Semantic evolution | |
| Language 1 | Ancient Greek | |
| Language 2 | Russian | |
| Lexeme 1 | ὑποχόνδρια | |
| Lexeme 2 | хандра/ khandra | |
| Meaning 1 | belly | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | depressive state (linguo-specific) | |
| Reference | Černyx 1994: 332 | |
| Comment | Through the decomposition of the original "pohandritj" from lat. hypochondria from Greek. τὰ ὑποχόνδρια "belly, that which is under the sternum cartilage", from χόνδρος "cartilage"; see Chernykh 1994, also - Mi. EW 85; Bernecker I, 384; Bruckner, KZ 45, 38; Macenauer 179. |
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