to lower, put down
→
to disgrace, dishonor
4 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
| 2545 | low (location) | → | low (social) | Open |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | German | |
| lexeme 1 | niedrig | |
| lexeme 2 | erniedrigen | |
| meaning 1 | low | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to dishonor, to humble | |
| reference | Moskal'skaja (ed.) 2001 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Russian | |
| lexeme | опускать | |
| meaning 1 | to lower, drop down | Опустить ведро в колодец to cast the bucket into the well |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to humiliate | Начальник опустил Петра в глазах его товарищей. The boss humiliated Peter in front of his colleagues. |
| reference | ||
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Russian | |
| lexeme 1 | низкий (nizkij) | |
| lexeme 2 | унижать (unižat') | |
| meaning 1 | low | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to dishonor, to humble | |
| reference | BAS | |
| comment | Probably semantic borrowing from German | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Yakut | |
| lexeme | түhэр- | |
| meaning 1 | to drop, to lower | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to bemean oneself, to derogate | кини бэйэтин улаханнык түhэрдэ He discredited himself seriously |
| reference | ||
| comment | ЯРС 416. | |