<horned animal>
→
<insect>
3 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Farsi | |
| lexeme 1 | گاو gāv | |
| lexeme 2 | گاوک gāvak | |
| meaning 1 | bull | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | bed bug | |
| reference | Rubinčik 1970: 2, 382-383 | |
| comment | Also the Kurdish (Kurmanji) gāvuk 'bedbug' | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Russian | |
| lexeme 1 | koza | |
| lexeme 2 | kozjavka | |
| meaning 1 | nanny goat, she goat | |
| meaning 2 | beetle | |
| reference | ||
| comment | Фасмер II, 279 "ввиду сходства усиков с рогами" (in view of similarity between insect antennae and horns) | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Russian | |
| lexeme 1 | korova | |
| lexeme 2 | korovka | |
| meaning 1 | cow | |
| meaning 2 | ladybird | |
| reference | ||
| comment | ||
Ср. также рус. жук-олень, арм. ełǰeru 'олень' и ełǰerabǰeǰ 'жук-рогач' (АрмРС 205)