Harper's Etymonline
Douglas Harper Online Etymology Dictionary
Realizations (40)
| Shift | Language | Lexeme | Source | Target | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1682 | English | king | male monarch | → | any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines (or the family Alcedinidae sensu lato), having a large head, short tail and brilliant colouration; they feed mostly on fish | |
| #1399 | English | dirty | unclean; covered with or containing unpleasant substances such as dirt or grime. | → | morally unclean; obscene or indecent, especially sexually; dishonorable; violating accepted standards or rules | |
| #3494 | English | kid | young goat | → | child | |
| #2668 | English | wise | wise, sage | → | sorcerer, magician | |
| #4441 | Old English | sċytel, sċutel | dart, arrow | → | shuttle | |
| #491 | Old English | nosu | nose | → | nostril | |
| #5581 | Sanskrit | púccha | tail | — | fox (Vulpes vulpes) | |
| #4208 | English | court | courtyard | → | court (of a sovereign) | |
| #4209 | English | court | court (of a sovereign) | → | tribunal | |
| #4465 | English | gay | cheerful | → | gay | |
| #4590 | English | egg | egg | → | eggplant (Solanum melongena) | |
| #4709 | English | Bobby | diminutive of Robert | → | (Britain) police officer | |
| #5089 | Old English | *s(w)e- | one's own | → | sibling | |
| #5491 | English | red | red | → | common redstart | |
| #5492 | Old English | steort | tail | → | common redstart | |
| #5495 | English | fan | winnowing fan | → | fan | |
| #5496 | English | fan | fan | → | electrical fan | |
| #5806 | Medieval Latin | rete | net, toils, network | → | retina | |
| #5834 | Old French | jambe | leg, (horse's) hock | → | jumb (of a door, window) | |
| #5844 | English | bitch | bitch | → | curse | |
| #6908 | English | turkey | (originally, now obsolete) guinea fowl | → | bird in the genus Meleagris with a fan-shaped tail and wattled neck, especially the wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo, now domesticated) | |
| #6913 | English | fast | fast (n.) | → | breakfast | |
| #2526 | English | white | white | → | wheat | |
| #7986 | English | humor, humour | mood, especially a bad mood; a temporary state of mind or disposition brought upon by an event; an abrupt illogical inclination or whim | → | quality of being amusing, comical, funny | |
| #8076 | English | currant | raisin, small dried grape, usually the Black Corinth grape, rarely more than 4 mm in diameter when dried | → | fruit of various shrubs of the genus Ribes, white, black or red | |
| #8122 | English | spleen | spleen (anat.) | → | melancholy | |
| #8053 | English | Egyptian | person from Egypt or of Egyptian descent | → | (obsolete) Gipsy | |
| #4748 | English | bull | adult male of domesticated cattle or oxen | → | small passerine bird, Pyrrhula pyrrhula, in the finch genus | |
| #9397 | English | corn | (Commonwealth English, but not Canada, Australia, or New Zealand) Any cereal plant (or its grain) that is the main crop or staple of a country or region | → | (US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand) maize, a grain crop of the species Zea mays | |
| #9444 | English | the same | equal, identical | → | nevertheless | |
| #9379 | Middle English | wanten | to lack | → | to be necessary | |
| #9492 | English | approximate | near | → | approximate | |
| #1943 | English | bite | to bite | → | small piece | |
| #9963 | English | one | one | → | none | |
| #10199 | Old English | witt | knowledge | → | witness | |
| #10366 | Old English | deor | wild animal, beast, any wild quadruped | → | deer | |
| #10367 | Old English | gesælig | happy, fortuitous, prosperous | → | fool, foolish | |
| #10368 | Middle English | nice | foolish, ignorant, frivolous, senseless (of persons) | → | pleasant | |
| #10369 | Middle English | shreued | wicked, depraved, malicious, evil | → | having or showing the insight, intelligence, and understanding to make good judgments about practical matters (Merriam-Webster) | |
| #10370 | Old English | sæd | sated, full, having had one's fill (of food, drink, fighting, etc.), weary of, | → | sad |