The Database of Semantic Shifts in the languages of the world

54 shifts found

[{"direction": "\u2192", "id": 121, "source": "to turn, rotate (intr.)", "source2": "", "source_tags": "Motion", "target": "to reincarnate", "target_tags": "Magic"}, {"direction": "\u2014", "id": 252, "source": "curved", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Physical Properties; Physical Properties. Shape", "target": "incantation, spell", "target_tags": "Magic; Text"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 474, "source": "to look", "source2": "", "source_tags": "Perception. Visual", "target": "evil eye", "target_tags": "Magic"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 843, "source": "to speak", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Speech", "target": "to practice witchcraft", "target_tags": "Magic"}, {"direction": "\u2194", "id": 847, "source": "wizard, magician", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Human Beings; Magic", "target": "doctor, physician", "target_tags": "Human Beings; Human Beings. Professions"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 988, "source": "to thrust (into)", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Physical Actions", "target": "to practice witchcraft", "target_tags": "Magic"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 1405, "source": "to practice witchcraft", "source2": "", "source_tags": "Magic", "target": "to charm, to delight", "target_tags": "Emotions"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 1710, "source": "to spoil (tr.)", "source2": "", "source_tags": "Physical Actions", "target": "harmful sorcery", "target_tags": "Magic"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 1987, "source": "miracle", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Magic", "target": "strange", "target_tags": "Evaluation"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 2564, "source": "bird", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Animals. Birds", "target": "to tell a person\u0027s fortune", "target_tags": "Magic"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 2667, "source": "blacksmith", "source2": "", "source_tags": "Human Beings. Professions", "target": "wizard, magician", "target_tags": "Human Beings; Magic"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 2668, "source": "to know", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Cognition", "target": "to practice witchcraft", "target_tags": "Magic"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 2776, "source": "bird", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Animals. Birds", "target": "omen", "target_tags": "Magic; Religion"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 2974, "source": "to speak", "source2": "", "source_tags": "Speech", "target": "to tell a person\u0027s fortune", "target_tags": "Magic"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 3131, "source": "miracle", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Magic", "target": "mirror", "target_tags": "Artifacts; Perception. Visual"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 3132, "source": "witch, sorceress", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Human Beings; Magic; Supernatural Beings", "target": "butterfly", "target_tags": "Animals; Animals. Arthropods"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 3176, "source": "dog", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Animals; Animals. Domestic Animals", "target": "witch, sorceress", "target_tags": "Human Beings; Magic; Supernatural Beings"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 3324, "source": "to tell a person\u0027s fortune", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Magic", "target": "to loaf, do nothing", "target_tags": "Physical Actions"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 3341, "source": "omen", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Magic; Religion", "target": "monster (abnormal creature)", "target_tags": "Animals; Evaluation"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 3358, "source": "to sing", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Speech", "target": "to practice witchcraft", "target_tags": "Magic"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 3387, "source": "to play (a musical instrument)", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Artifacts. Musical Instruments; Physical Actions", "target": "to practice witchcraft", "target_tags": "Magic"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 3493, "source": "sign, designation", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Semiotics", "target": "miracle", "target_tags": "Magic"}, {"direction": "\u2014", "id": 3912, "source": "harm, damage", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Abstract Relations; Evaluation", "target": "witchcraft, sorcery", "target_tags": "Magic"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 3935, "source": "grandmother", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Human Beings; Human Beings. Kinship", "target": "witch, sorceress", "target_tags": "Human Beings; Magic; Supernatural Beings"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 3961, "source": "to spell", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Speech", "target": "to practice witchcraft", "target_tags": "Magic"}, {"direction": "\u2194", "id": 3962, "source": "old woman", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Human Beings; Human Beings. Age", "target": "witch, sorceress", "target_tags": "Human Beings; Magic; Supernatural Beings"}, {"direction": "\u2194", "id": 3963, "source": "owl", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Animals; Animals. Birds", "target": "witch, sorceress", "target_tags": "Human Beings; Magic; Supernatural Beings"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 4741, "source": "wizard, magician", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Human Beings; Magic", "target": "fraudster", "target_tags": "Human Beings; Human Beings. Professions"}, {"direction": "\u2014", "id": 4969, "source": "skill", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Cognition", "target": "magic", "target_tags": "Magic"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 5633, "source": "witch, sorceress", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Human Beings; Magic; Supernatural Beings", "target": "ladybird", "target_tags": "Animals; Animals. Invertebrates"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 5763, "source": "to practice witchcraft", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Magic", "target": "to prevent", "target_tags": "Social Actions and Relations"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 5764, "source": "to practice witchcraft", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Magic", "target": "to make, create", "target_tags": "Physical Actions"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 5846, "source": "poisonous, venomous", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Physical Properties", "target": "magic", "target_tags": "Magic"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 5932, "source": "tailed", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Body Parts; Body Parts. Animal Body Parts", "target": "witch, sorceress", "target_tags": "Human Beings; Magic; Supernatural Beings"}, {"direction": "\u2014", "id": 5956, "source": "prayer (text)", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Religion; Text", "target": "incantation, spell", "target_tags": "Magic; Text"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 6065, "source": "to ask, inquire", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Speech", "target": "to tell a person\u0027s fortune", "target_tags": "Magic"}, {"direction": "\u2014", "id": 6381, "source": "boyfriend/girlfriend", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Human Beings; Interpersonal Relations", "target": "talisman", "target_tags": "Magic"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 6449, "source": "to spit", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Physiology", "target": "to practice witchcraft", "target_tags": "Magic"}, {"direction": "\u2014", "id": 7124, "source": "magical remedy", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Magic", "target": "roof beam", "target_tags": "Parts; Parts. Parts of Buildings"}, {"direction": "\u2014", "id": 7138, "source": "to thresh (grain)", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Physical Actions; Plants. Cultivated Plants", "target": "to tell a person\u0027s fortune", "target_tags": "Magic"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 7280, "source": "sabbath", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Religion", "target": "meeting of witches", "target_tags": "Magic"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 7331, "source": "to sing", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Speech", "target": "to perform a shamanistic ritual", "target_tags": "Magic"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 7398, "source": "stone (piece of rock)", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Substances and Materials", "target": "talisman", "target_tags": "Magic"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 7536, "source": "sheet of paper", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Artifacts", "target": "talisman", "target_tags": "Magic"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 7581, "source": "to help, aid", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Social Actions and Relations", "target": "to cast a spell", "target_tags": "Magic"}, {"direction": "\u2194", "id": 7895, "source": "miracle", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Magic", "target": "to be surprised", "target_tags": "Cognition; Emotions"}, {"direction": "\u2014", "id": 8722, "source": "sad", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Emotions", "target": "bewitched", "target_tags": "Magic"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 8747, "source": "witch, sorceress", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Human Beings; Magic; Supernatural Beings", "target": "belemnite", "target_tags": "Animals; Animals. Invertebrates"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 9275, "source": "breath, breathing", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Physiology", "target": "incantation, spell", "target_tags": "Magic; Text"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 9385, "source": "miracle", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Magic", "target": "positive evaluation", "target_tags": "Evaluation"}, {"direction": "\u2014", "id": 9523, "source": "bowels, intestine", "source2": "", "source_tags": "Body Parts. Internal Organs", "target": "omen", "target_tags": "Magic; Religion"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 10012, "source": "to be possessed (by evil spirit)", "source2": "", "source_tags": "Magic", "target": "to hate, dislike", "target_tags": "Emotions"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 10114, "source": "to tie", "source2": "", "source_tags": "Physical Actions", "target": "to cast a spell", "target_tags": "Magic"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 10365, "source": "expert, experienced", "source2": "", "source_tags": "Human Qualities", "target": "wizard, magician", "target_tags": "Human Beings; Magic"}]

ID	Meaning 1	Taxons 1	Direction	Meaning 2	Taxons 2
121	to turn, rotate (intr.)	Motion	→	to reincarnate	Magic
252	curved	Physical Properties; Shape	—	incantation, spell	Magic; Text
474	to look	Visual	→	evil eye	Magic
843	to speak	Speech	→	to practice witchcraft	Magic
847	wizard, magician	Human Beings; Magic	↔	doctor, physician	Human Beings; Professions
988	to thrust (into)	Physical Actions	→	to practice witchcraft	Magic
1405	to practice witchcraft	Magic	→	to charm, to delight	Emotions
1710	to spoil (tr.)	Physical Actions	→	harmful sorcery	Magic
1987	miracle	Magic	→	strange	Evaluation
2564	bird	Birds	→	to tell a person's fortune	Magic
2667	blacksmith	Professions	→	wizard, magician	Human Beings; Magic
2668	to know	Cognition	→	to practice witchcraft	Magic
2776	bird	Birds	→	omen	Magic; Religion
2974	to speak	Speech	→	to tell a person's fortune	Magic
3131	miracle	Magic	→	mirror	Artifacts; Visual
3132	witch, sorceress	Human Beings; Magic; Supernatural Beings	→	butterfly	Animals; Arthropods
3176	dog	Animals; Domestic Animals	→	witch, sorceress	Human Beings; Magic; Supernatural Beings
3324	to tell a person's fortune	Magic	→	to loaf, do nothing	Physical Actions
3341	omen	Magic; Religion	→	monster (abnormal creature)	Animals; Evaluation
3358	to sing	Speech	→	to practice witchcraft	Magic
3387	to play (a musical instrument)	Musical Instruments; Physical Actions	→	to practice witchcraft	Magic
3493	sign, designation	Semiotics	→	miracle	Magic
3912	harm, damage	Abstract Relations; Evaluation	—	witchcraft, sorcery	Magic
3935	grandmother	Human Beings; Kinship	→	witch, sorceress	Human Beings; Magic; Supernatural Beings
3961	to spell	Speech	→	to practice witchcraft	Magic
3962	old woman	Human Beings; Age	↔	witch, sorceress	Human Beings; Magic; Supernatural Beings
3963	owl	Animals; Birds	↔	witch, sorceress	Human Beings; Magic; Supernatural Beings
4741	wizard, magician	Human Beings; Magic	→	fraudster	Human Beings; Professions
4969	skill	Cognition	—	magic	Magic
5633	witch, sorceress	Human Beings; Magic; Supernatural Beings	→	ladybird	Animals; Invertebrates
5763	to practice witchcraft	Magic	→	to prevent	Social Actions and Relations
5764	to practice witchcraft	Magic	→	to make, create	Physical Actions
5846	poisonous, venomous	Physical Properties	→	magic	Magic
5932	tailed	Body Parts; Animal Body Parts	→	witch, sorceress	Human Beings; Magic; Supernatural Beings
5956	prayer (text)	Religion; Text	—	incantation, spell	Magic; Text
6065	to ask, inquire	Speech	→	to tell a person's fortune	Magic
6381	boyfriend/girlfriend	Human Beings; Interpersonal Relations	—	talisman	Magic
6449	to spit	Physiology	→	to practice witchcraft	Magic
7124	magical remedy	Magic	—	roof beam	Parts; Parts of Buildings
7138	to thresh (grain)	Physical Actions; Cultivated Plants	—	to tell a person's fortune	Magic
7280	sabbath	Religion	→	meeting of witches	Magic
7331	to sing	Speech	→	to perform a shamanistic ritual	Magic
7398	stone (piece of rock)	Substances and Materials	→	talisman	Magic
7536	sheet of paper	Artifacts	→	talisman	Magic
7581	to help, aid	Social Actions and Relations	→	to cast a spell	Magic
7895	miracle	Magic	↔	to be surprised	Cognition; Emotions
8722	sad	Emotions	—	bewitched	Magic
8747	witch, sorceress	Human Beings; Magic; Supernatural Beings	→	belemnite	Animals; Invertebrates
9275	breath, breathing	Physiology	→	incantation, spell	Magic; Text
9385	miracle	Magic	→	positive evaluation	Evaluation
9523	bowels, intestine	Internal Organs	—	omen	Magic; Religion
10012	to be possessed (by evil spirit)	Magic	→	to hate, dislike	Emotions
10114	to tie	Physical Actions	→	to cast a spell	Magic
10365	expert, experienced	Human Qualities	→	wizard, magician	Human Beings; Magic