calm
→
dead (adj.)
6 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
| 2011 | to rest | → | to die | Open |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Ancient Greek | |
| Lexeme | μᾰκάριος | |
| Meaning 1 | happy, blessed | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to leave | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Numerous derivatives in Modern Greek are related to the idea of death. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Karaim | |
| Lexeme | тын- | |
| Meaning 1 | to calm down, to become quiet | |
| Meaning 2 | to die | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | КРПС 557. The first meaning of the Karaim verb is that of "breathe". The path was presumably like that: to breather>to calm down>to have rest | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Mandarin Chinese | |
| Lexeme | níng | |
| Meaning 1 | calm, quiet, peaceful, satisfied | |
| Meaning 2 | to leave | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | БКРС 4962 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Mongolian (Khalkha) | |
| Lexeme 1 | amarǯi- | |
| Lexeme 2 | amarǯigč | |
| Meaning 1 | to calm down, to rest; to live in peace | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | defunct | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Амаржигч - Actor nominal from амаржих. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Russian | |
| Lexeme 1 | pokoj | |
| Lexeme 2 | počit' | |
| Meaning 1 | peace, calm | |
| Meaning 2 | to pass away | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | To be precise, the level is more ancient: Vasmer gives the Proto-Slavic *po‰iti, related to *роkоjь (see покоґй) via vowel alternations. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Russian | |
| Lexeme | pokojnyj | |
| Meaning 1 | calm (obs.) | покойная комната, покойный диван quiet room, comfortable sofa |
| Meaning 2 | dead | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ||