firm, durable
→
quick
5 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Cognates | |
| Language 1 | Old East Slavic | |
| Language 2 | Bulgarian | |
| Lexeme 1 | чьрствыи | |
| Lexeme 2 | червъст (čevrăst) | |
| Meaning 1 | hard | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | one who is quick, nimble in work or in movements | |
| Reference | RNBE Sreznevskij: 3, 1567-1568 | |
| Comment | |
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| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Semantic evolution | |
| Language 1 | Old English | |
| Language 2 | English | |
| Lexeme 1 | fæst | |
| Lexeme 2 | fast | |
| Meaning 1 | firm, stable | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | quick, fast | |
| Reference | Dictionary of synonims. Buck: 986 Bosworth, Toller: 267 | |
| Comment | The development of “rapid” apparently happened first in the adverb and then transferred to the adjective; compare hard in expressions like “to run hard”. The original sense of “secure, firm” is now slightly archaic, but retained in the related fasten (“make secure”). |
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| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Cognates | |
| Language | Russian | |
| Lexeme | жёсткий (žëstkij) | |
| Meaning 1 | hard, harsh | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | (dialect) quick, nimble | |
| Reference | SRNG: 9, 146 | |
| Comment | The second meaning is dialectal (Western, Kursk ) | |
| SUSPENDED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Cognates | |
| Language 1 | Russian | |
| Language 2 | Czech | |
| Lexeme 1 | крепкий (krepkij) | |
| Lexeme 2 | křepký | |
| Meaning 1 | strong, solid | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | brisk, nimble | |
| Reference | SSJČ | |
| Comment | Cf. Also ЭССЯ 12: 135-138 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Cognates | |
| Language 1 | Slovenian | |
| Language 2 | Czech | |
| Lexeme 1 | dréčen | |
| Lexeme 2 | dričné | |
| Meaning 1 | corpulent, stout | |
| Meaning 2 | quick, nimble | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | The Czech word is dialectal | |