The Database of Semantic Shifts in the languages of the world

to eat → cereal 1 realization Unique

ID	Relation type	Meaning 1	Direction	Meaning 2

ACCEPTED Realization 1
type		Semantic evolution
language		Old Irish
lexeme 1		ithid
lexeme 2		ith
meaning 1	to eat	Besu maith cia estir á biad Though he eats his food
direction	→
meaning 2	cereal	Nĺ easgar ioth n-a ionam Ceral does not ripen in due time
reference		eDIL
comment		The same term in Welsh - is and Breton is, but without the same verb for eating. Cf. the reconstruction by R. Matasović: Proto-Celtic fītu- 'food', from IE pitu- 'food' ('feed'), p. 131.