light (of weight)
→
lung
8 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Osetin | |
| Lexeme 1 | ræw | |
| Lexeme 2 | ræwæg | |
| Meaning 1 | light | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | lung | |
| Reference | Abaev: 2, 388-389 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Ket | |
| Lexeme 1 | bejiŋ | |
| Lexeme 2 | beńśiŋ | |
| Meaning 1 | light | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | lung | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | beńśiŋ - composition of bejiŋ + seŋ 'liver' | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Breton | |
| Lexeme 1 | skañv | |
| Lexeme 2 | skevent | |
| Meaning 1 | light | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | lung | |
| Reference | Gonidec 1860: 126, 127 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Welsh | |
| Lexeme 1 | ysgafn | |
| Lexeme 2 | ysgyfaint | |
| Meaning 1 | light | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | lungs | |
| Reference | Lewis 1991: 174-175 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | English | |
| Lexeme 1 | light | |
| Lexeme 2 | lights | |
| Meaning 1 | light | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | lungs (of an animal) | |
| Reference | ODE | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Russian | |
| Lexeme 1 | лёгкий (lёgkij) | |
| Lexeme 2 | лёгкое (lёgkoe) | |
| Meaning 1 | light | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | lung | |
| Reference | Fasmer 1986: 2,474 | |
| Comment | Belarusian лёгкае (from лёгкі 'light'), Ukrainian легеня, легке (from легкий) | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Cognates | |
| Language 1 | English | |
| Language 2 | Russian | |
| Lexeme 1 | lung | |
| Lexeme 2 | лёгкий | |
| Meaning 1 | lung | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | light | |
| Reference | Walde-Pokorny: II 426 f | |
| Comment | from Old English lungen, from Proto-Germanic *lunganjō, from Proto-Indo-European *lengʷʰ- 'light, not heavy' | |
| NEW Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Malak-Malak | |
| Lexeme | labarr | |
| Meaning 1 | light | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | lungs | 1) labarr yide matjan
2) labarrgatj cov '1) he is light on his feet 2) make lighter' |
| Reference | Lindsay et al. 2017: 82 | |
| Comment | Not sure, that the word means exactly "light of weight". | |