mother
→
womb, uterus
3 realizations
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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Type | Derivation | |
Language | Ancient Greek | |
Lexeme 1 | μήτηρ | |
Lexeme 2 | μήτρα | |
Meaning 1 | mother | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | womb | |
Reference | LSJ | |
Comment | LSJ 1129-1130 |
ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
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Type | Derivation | |
Language | Latin | |
Lexeme 1 | mater | |
Lexeme 2 | matrix | |
Meaning 1 | mother | |
Meaning 2 | pregnant (animal) | |
Reference | ||
Comment | Glare 1082 |
ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
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Type | Cognates | |
Language 1 | Polish | |
Language 2 | Russian | |
Lexeme | matka | |
Meaning 1 | mother | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | womb | |
Reference | ||
Comment | Both meanings in the Bel. матка. In Czech, Slovak matka means only 'mother'. In Bulg., Mac., Ucr. Only 'womb'. The Rus. 'матка' is morphologically related to 'mother'. The meaning 'womb' is also present in the Ucr. матиця, Bulg. майка, матка, Bulg., Serb., Maced. матерща, Serb.-Cr., Sloven. maternica, пол. Macica СД 3, 207 |