cat
→
catkin
15 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
| 1019 | puppy (of a dog) | → | catkin | Open |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Armenian | |
| lexeme 1 | katu (կատու) | |
| lexeme 2 | katvik (կատվիկ) | |
| meaning 1 | cat | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | aglet | |
| reference | Galstjan 1984: 340 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Belarusan | |
| lexeme 1 | кот | |
| lexeme 2 | коцiк | |
| meaning 1 | cat | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | catkin | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | Also каток (pl. каткi) Тлумачальны слоўнік беларускай літаратурнай мовы. Мінск, 2016, 356, 373 Слоўнік лясных тэрмінаў. Менск, 1926. Ботаніка. Агульная і спэцыяльная. Менск. 1924. |
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| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Czech | |
| lexeme 1 | kočka | |
| lexeme 2 | kočička | |
| meaning 1 | cat | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | catkin | |
| reference | SSJČ | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Dutch | |
| lexeme | katje | |
| meaning 1 | cat | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | catkin | |
| reference | HWNF | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Internal cognates | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme 1 | cat | |
| lexeme 2 | catkin | |
| meaning 1 | domesticated species (Felis catus) of feline animal, commonly kept as a house pet | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | type of inflorescence, consisting of an axis with many unisexual apetalous flowers along its sides, as in the willow and poplar | |
| reference | OED | |
| comment | From Middle Dutch katteken 'catkin', literally 'little cat', equivalent to English cat + -kin |
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| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Finnish | |
| lexeme | kissa | |
| meaning 1 | cat (female) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | furry catkin of a willow | |
| reference | Kielitoimiston sanakirja | |
| comment | Also pajunkissa 'willow's cat' |
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| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | French | |
| lexeme | chaton | |
| meaning 1 | kitten | une portée de chatons a litter of kittens |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | aglet | |
| reference | CNRTL | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | German | |
| lexeme | Kätzchen | |
| meaning 1 | kitten; pussy cat | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | aglet | |
| reference | Duden | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | German | |
| lexeme | Büsel | |
| meaning 1 | cat | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | catkin | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | Swiss German Heinz Gallmann Zürichdeutsches Wörterbuch 2014 ISBN: 978-3-03823-907-9 Schweizerisches Idiotikon https://digital.idiotikon.ch/idtkn/id4.htm#!page/41739/mode/1up |
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| ACCEPTED Realization 10 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Irish Gaelic | |
| lexeme 1 | cat | |
| lexeme 2 | caitín | |
| meaning 1 | cat | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | catkin | |
| reference | Ó Dónaill 1977 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 11 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Italian | |
| lexeme | gattino | |
| meaning 1 | kitten | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | catkin | |
| reference | Vocabolario Treccani | |
| comment | Diminutive of gatto 'cat' |
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| ACCEPTED Realization 12 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Polish | |
| lexeme | kotka | |
| meaning 1 | diminutive of kocica; female cat | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | catkin, ament | |
| reference | WSJP | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 14 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Scottish Gaelic | |
| lexeme 1 | cat | |
| lexeme 2 | clòimh-chat | |
| meaning 1 | cat | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | catkin | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | 'wool cat' |
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| ACCEPTED Realization 15 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Ukrainian | |
| lexeme 1 | кіт | |
| lexeme 2 | котик | |
| meaning 1 | cat | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | catkin | На придорожніх вербах сіріли оксамитові котики (Зінаїда Тулуб, Людолови, II, 1957, 325); Зупинився [хлопчик] біля куща червонолозу, що не в пору рясно бризнув ніжними сріблясто-синюватими котиками (Михайло Стельмах, На.. землі, 1949, 327). |
| reference | SUM-11: 4, 309 | |
| comment | ||
So named due to the resemblance of lengthier kinds to a kitten's tail, or, perhaps more probably, the fine fur found on some catkins (compare the pictures)
Male flowers on a walnut (Credit: Szyx / Wikimedia Commons) and goat willow catkins (Credit: W.carter / Wikimedia Commons)