saltpetre
→
nitrogen
2 realizations
FAMILY: Indo-European
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | French | |
| lexeme 1 | nitre | |
| lexeme 2 | nitrogène | |
| meaning 1 | (dated) saltpetre (potassium nitrate) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | nitrogen | |
| reference | CNRTL | |
| comment | coined by Jean-Antoine Chaptal in 1790 on the model of oxygène. |
|
| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Welsh | |
| lexeme 1 | blawr | |
| lexeme 2 | blorai | |
| meaning 1 | saltpetre | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | (obsolete) nitrogen | |
| reference | Geiriadur | |
| comment | ||