The Database of Semantic Shifts in the languages of the world

ID	Meaning 1	Direction	Meaning 2

NEW Realization 1
type		Polysemy
language		Hungarian
lexeme		féreg
meaning 1	worm, maggot; (folksy) parasite, vermin, pest, insect, bug
direction	—
meaning 2	(archaic) wolf
reference		Gal’di 1987 MEK 1978
comment

ACCEPTED Realization 2
type		Polysemy
language		Turkish
lexeme		kurt
meaning 1	worm
direction	—
meaning 2	wolf
reference
comment		In EDAL these roots as given as homonyms, though phonetically at the Prototurkic level they are identical.

ACCEPTED Realization 3
type		Polysemy
language		Turkmen
lexeme		мө:җек
meaning 1	insect
meaning 2	wolf
reference
comment		In other Turkic languages this root denotes various types of insects (maggot, mosquitoe, louse, cockroach, beetle etc.). The meaning of "wolf" is represented also in Turkish dialects.