to know
→
witness
2 realizations
FAMILY: Indo-European
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Semantic evolution | |
| language 1 | Old Church Slavonic | |
| language 2 | Russian | |
| lexeme 1 | вѣдати | |
| lexeme 2 | свидетель [svidetel'] | |
| meaning 1 | to know | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | witness | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Semantic evolution | |
| language 1 | Old English | |
| language 2 | English | |
| lexeme 1 | witt | |
| lexeme 2 | witness | |
| meaning 1 | knowledge | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | witness | |
| reference | Harper's Etymonline | |
| comment | Meaning 1 witt "knowledge, consciousness, conscience; understanding, intellect, sense" |
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