hare (Lepus) coward 8 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
Type Polysemy
Language Ancient Greek
Lexeme πτώξ
Meaning 1 hare
Direction
Meaning 2 timid, fearful
Reference
Comment presumably from the verb πτώσσω 'to escape, to be scared'
ACCEPTED Realization 2
Type Cognates
Language 1 Belarusan
Language 2 Russian
Lexeme trus
Meaning 1 rabbit
Meaning 2 coward
Reference
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 3
Type Polysemy
Language German
Lexeme Hase
Meaning 1 hare grauer Hase
lepus
Direction
Meaning 2 coward er ist ein wahrer Hase
He is a real coward
Reference
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 4
Type Polysemy
Language Italian
Lexeme coniglio
Meaning 1 rabbit
Direction
Meaning 2 coward
Reference
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 5
Type Borrowing
Language 1 Oyrot
Language 2 Russian
Lexeme 1 qojon
Lexeme 2 kojon
Meaning 1 hare
Meaning 2 hare, coward
Reference
Comment Gorny Altai dialects of Russian
NEW Realization 6
Type Polysemy
Language Rutul
Lexeme гъыIр / ʁɨˤr
Meaning 1 hare (Lepus)

гъыIрешыхда йыхьын / ʁɨˤrešɨχda jɨxɨn


to hunt for hares

Direction
Meaning 2 coward

гъыIред йикI ад эдеми / ʁɨˤred jikʼ ad edemi


cowardly person (lit. person with hare's heart)

Reference Alisultanov, Sulejmanova 2019: 94
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 7
Type Polysemy
Language Spanish
Lexeme liebre
Meaning 1 hare
Direction
Meaning 2 coward
Reference
Comment Narumov 1995: 468
NEW Realization 8
Type Derivation
Language Thai
Lexeme 1 grà-dtàai (กระต่าย)
Lexeme 2 grà-dtàai-dtʉ̀ʉn-dtuum (กระต่ายตื่นตูม)
Meaning 1 hare, rabbit
Direction
Meaning 2 easily startled or panicked person
Reference SEAlang Thai
Comment

after the Rabbit in the Buddhist tale Daddhabhāya-jātaka