to move quickly
↔
to flow
7 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Semantic evolution | |
| language 1 | Ancient Greek | |
| language 2 | Modern Greek | |
| lexeme | τρέχω | |
| meaning 1 | to run | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to run, to flow | |
| reference | ||
| comment | LSJ 1814-1815 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Czech | |
| lexeme 1 | utéci | |
| lexeme 2 | téci | |
| meaning 1 | to run away | |
| direction | ← | |
| meaning 2 | to flow | |
| reference | ||
| comment | The polysemy of 'flow' and 'run' is represented in the Old Russian течи, The Old Slav. Тешти. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme | run | |
| meaning 1 | to run | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to flow | Tears ran from her eyes. Tears were flowing from her eyes. |
| reference | ||
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Latin | |
| lexeme | curro, -ere | |
| meaning 1 | to run | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | to flow | aqua currens running water |
| reference | ||
| comment | Glare 476 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Lezgian | |
| lexeme | zarb | |
| meaning 1 | swiftness, speed | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | rapids | ам цин зарбуна тухвана Fast stream carried him away. |
| reference | ||
| comment | (LezgRus 127) | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Semantic evolution | |
| language 1 | Old East Slavic | |
| language 2 | Russian | |
| lexeme 1 | течи | |
| lexeme 2 | течь (teč') | |
| meaning 1 | to move fast | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | to flow | |
| reference | ||
| comment | Cf. Russian бежит вода 'the water is flowing' | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Russian | |
| lexeme 1 | быстрый (bystryj) | |
| lexeme 2 | быстрина (bystrina) | |
| meaning 1 | quick, fast | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | rapid | |
| reference | ||
| comment | ||