short (size) / brief (temporal)
→
letter (text)
7 realizations
FAMILY: Indo-European
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 (ID: 52557) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Semantic evolution | |
| language 1 | Latin | |
| language 2 | Old French | |
| lexeme 1 | brevis | |
| lexeme 2 | brief | |
| meaning 1 | short (size) / brief (temporal) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | letter (text) | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch 520 |
|
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 (ID: 52558) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Borrowing | |
| language 1 | Latin | |
| language 2 | Old High German | |
| lexeme 1 | brevis | |
| lexeme 2 | briaf | |
| meaning 1 | short (size) / brief (temporal) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | official letter, document, or writing | |
| reference | Kluge 2002 | |
| comment | Probably from expression brevis liber |
|
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 (ID: 52559) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Borrowing | |
| language 1 | Latin | |
| language 2 | Old Norse | |
| lexeme 1 | brevis | |
| lexeme 2 | bréf | |
| meaning 1 | short (size) / brief (temporal) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | letter (text) | |
| reference | Kluge 2002 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 (ID: 52560) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Borrowing | |
| language 1 | Latin | |
| language 2 | Old Saxon | |
| lexeme 1 | brevis | |
| lexeme 2 | brēf | |
| meaning 1 | short (size) / brief (temporal) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | letter (text) | |
| reference | Kluge 2002 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 (ID: 52561) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Borrowing | |
| language 1 | Latin | |
| language 2 | Old Frisian | |
| lexeme 1 | brevis | |
| lexeme 2 | brēf | |
| meaning 1 | short (size) / brief (temporal) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | letter (text) | |
| reference | Kluge 2002 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 (ID: 52562) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Borrowing | |
| language 1 | Latin | |
| language 2 | Middle Dutch | |
| lexeme 1 | brevis | |
| lexeme 2 | brief | |
| meaning 1 | short (size) / brief (temporal) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | letter (text) | |
| reference | HWNF Kluge 2002 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 (ID: 52556) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Medieval Latin | |
| lexeme | breve | |
| meaning 1 | short (size) / brief (temporal) (neutrum from brevis) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | official message from the Pope | |
| reference | English Wiktionary | |
| comment | ||