carpenter
→
hangover
2 realizations
GROUP: Germanic
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Danish | |
| lexeme 1 | tømmermand | |
| lexeme 2 | tømmermænd | |
| meaning 1 | carpenter | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | hangover | |
| reference | DDO | |
| comment | tømmermænd is a nominative plural indefinite from tømmermand |
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| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Icelandic | |
| lexeme | timburmaður | |
| meaning 1 | carpenter | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | hangover | Margar tegundir kaffibrauðs ... fínasta Scotch Whisky, hið eina í bænum sem enginn fær af hina leiðu timbrmenn. Many types of bakery products ... the finest Scotch Whiskey, the only one in town that does not result in the dreaded hangover. |
| reference | ISLEX Berkov et al. 1962 | |
| comment | From timbur 'timber' + maður 'man'. The sense ‘hangover’ is a semantic loan from Danish tømmermænd 'a hangover'. The oldest attestation of timburmenn (Nom. pl from timburmaður) in the sense "hangover" in the Orðabók Háskólans is from an issue of Fjallkonan from 1891 (see citation). |
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Compare Chilean Spanish hachazo 'hangover', lit. 'a hit with an axe'.