neck
→
mountain ridge
2 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
| 520 | neck | → | mountain pass | Open |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Ancient Greek | |
| lexeme | δειρή | |
| meaning 1 | neck, throat | |
| meaning 2 | mountain range | |
| reference | ||
| comment | Cf. also δειράς mountain range, chain of hills | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Tibetan | |
| lexeme | gnya' | |
| meaning 1 | neck | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | mountain crest | |
| reference | ||
| comment | Рерих 3, 273 | |
Cf. English col ‘a dip on a mountain ridge between two peaks’ borrowed from French col , from Latin collum ‘neck’. Note that the same word means ‘saddle’. And the shape of a dip between mountain peaks, i.e. route along a col, resembles a saddle. (Violetta)