spring (season)
→
Lent
1 realization
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Old English | |
Lexeme | lencten | |
Meaning 1 | spring (season) | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | Lent | |
Reference | Bosworth, Toller | |
Comment | From Proto-West Germanic *langatīn 'spring', from *lang 'long' + *tīn 'day', so named because the days become longer again in spring. |