spear
→
lightning
1 realization
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Semantic evolution | |
| language 1 | Phrygian | |
| language 2 | Albanian | |
| lexeme 1 | ῥομφαία | |
| lexeme 2 | rruféja | |
| meaning 1 | spear | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | lightning | |
| reference | ||
| comment | The Phrygian word later started denoting a sword. The Albanian word has been borrowed into the Bulg. Dial. рофия, рофея, руфя 'lightning', Mac. рофja, ровjа 'lightning' | |