to want → to hunt 4 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Latin
lexeme uenor
meaning 1 I solicit for
meaning 2 I am hunting
reference
comment Glare 2030, cf. the derivatives venus 'love', venator 'hunter'.
ACCEPTED Realization 2
type Cognates
language 1 Old High German
language 2 Sanskrit
lexeme 1 jagōn
lexeme 2 prá-yakša
meaning 1 to hunt
meaning 2 to strive for smth
reference
comment Also the Greek ἰχανάω 'to desire passionately'
ACCEPTED Realization 3
type Derivation
language Russian
lexeme 1 хотеть (hotet')
lexeme 2 охотиться (ohotit'sja)
meaning 1 to want
direction —
meaning 2 to hunt
reference
comment cf. also the noun охота '1) desire, wish 2) hunt'
ACCEPTED Realization 4
type Derivation
language Sanskrit
lexeme 1 lubh
lexeme 2 lubdhaka-
meaning 1 to desire greatly or eagerly , long for , be interested in
direction —
meaning 2 hunter
reference MW
comment MW 904-905, The Russian любить goes back to the same I.-E. root

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