scale insect
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June
5 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Belarusan | |
| Lexeme 1 | чарвец | |
| Lexeme 2 | чэрвень | |
| Meaning 1 | scale insect | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | June | |
| Reference | Slounik.org | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Motivation | |
| Language | Czech | |
| Lexeme 1 | červec | |
| Lexeme 2 | červen | |
| Meaning 1 | scale insect | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | June | |
| Reference | SSJČ | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Motivation | |
| Language | Kashub | |
| Lexeme 1 | czerw | |
| Lexeme 2 | czerwc | |
| Meaning 1 | maggot | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | June | |
| Reference | ISKJa Gòłąbk 2011 | |
| Comment | Also neologism czerwińc |
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| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Polish | |
| Lexeme | czerwiec | |
| Meaning 1 | scale insect | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | June | |
| Reference | Brückner 1927 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Ukrainian | |
| Lexeme 1 | червець | |
| Lexeme 2 | червень | |
| Meaning 1 | Polish cochineal (Porphyrophora polonica), a species of scale insect used to manufacture red dye | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | June | |
| Reference | SUM-11 | |
| Comment | ||
Related to a carmine-based red dye harvested from the larvae of certain insects Polish cochineal (Porphyrophora polonica) at this time of year. Before the development of other synthetic dyes, the insect was of great economic importance, although its use was in decline after the introduction of Mexican cochineal to Europe in the 16th century.
Life cycle of the Polish cochineal (Porphyrophora polonica), and its host plant, the perennial knawel (Scleranthus perennis).
From Breyn, Johann Philip (1731) Historia naturalis Cocci Radicum Tincttorii quod Polonicum vulgo audit, The Academy of Natural Sciences Library, Philadelphia, United States .
Area where the Polish cochineal was found in commercial quantities (Mushak, Paul (June–July 1988). "The Use of Insect Dyes in Oriental Rugs and Textiles: Some Unresolved Issues". Oriental Rug Review. Ron O'Callaghan. VIII (5)).