stomach sack, bag 1 realization
NEW Realization 1
Type Polysemy
Language Russian
Lexeme kišen'
Meaning 1 stomach (dialect.)
Direction
Meaning 2 pocket (dialect)
Reference
Comment СРНГ 13: 249 (not quite clear if there is a dialect where both meanings are represented). The original meaning is apparently, "stomach", cf. 'intestine' from the same root. The intermediate meaning of "sack" is also present in the dialects. In the Pol. kieszen "pocket", Old Rus. кишень "sack, pocket for money, purse" (ЭССЯ 13: 278)