joint, articulation → generation 6 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Polysemy
language German
lexeme Glied
meaning 1 joint, articulation er hat seine gesunden Glieder gerettet 'he remained safe and sound, he kept his healthy joints'
direction →
meaning 2 generation bis ins dritte und vierte Glied 'upt to the third and forth generation'
reference
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 2
type Polysemy
language Mongolian (Khalkha)
lexeme üe
meaning 1 joint
meaning 2 generation
reference
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 3
type Derivation
language Russian
lexeme 1 колено (koleno)
lexeme 2 поколение (pokolenie)
meaning 1 knee
direction →
meaning 2 generation
reference
comment

There is also the calque "колено" (knee) in biblical set phrases like "колено Израилево" (tribe of Israel) etc.
NEW Realization 4
type Polysemy
language Russian
lexeme колено
meaning 1 joint, articulation
direction →
meaning 2 generation

он знает свою родословную до четвертого колена


he knows his genealogy back to the fourth generation
reference <personally collected data>
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 5
type Polysemy
language Udihe
lexeme zала
meaning 1 joint
meaning 2 generation
reference
comment Кормушин 1998, 231
ACCEPTED Realization 6
type Polysemy
language Yakut
lexeme сүhүөх
meaning 1 joint (human, animal) тобук сүhүөҕэ
knee joint
direction →
meaning 2 generation эдэр сүhүөх ыччат
young generation
reference
comment ЯРС 351.

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