empty → desert (n.) 4 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Karaim
lexeme пуста
meaning 1 empty
direction —
meaning 2 desert пуста йэр
desert
reference
comment КРПС 449. A Slavic borrowing. The Hungarian word puszta is a Slavic borrowing too.
ACCEPTED Realization 2
type Cognates
language 1 Old East Slavic
language 2 Latin
lexeme 1 тъщий
lexeme 2 tesqua
meaning 1 empty
direction —
meaning 2 wilderness, steppe, desert
reference
comment Фасмер 4, 90-91
ACCEPTED Realization 3
type Derivation
language Russian
lexeme 1 пустой (pustoj)
lexeme 2 пустыня (pustynja)
meaning 1 empty
direction →
meaning 2 desert
reference
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 4
type Derivation
language Sanskrit
lexeme çūnyá
meaning 1 empty , void
direction →
meaning 2 desert
reference MW
comment MW 1085 Кочергина 652

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