The Database of Semantic Shifts in the languages of the world

ACCEPTED Realization 1
type		Polysemy
language		Irish Gaelic
lexeme		fómhar
meaning 1	autumn
direction	→
meaning 2	harvest	Ní hiad na fir mhóra a bhaineann an fómhar It isn’t the big men who reap the harvest (= best goods come in small parcels)
reference		Ó Dónaill 1977
comment		direction according to Buck 512

ACCEPTED Realization 2
type		Polysemy
language		Mandarin Chinese
lexeme		qiū (秋)
meaning 1	autumn	qiūshān (秋山) mountains in autumn
direction	→
meaning 2	harvest	màiqiū (麦秋) wheat harvest
reference		BKRS
comment

ACCEPTED Realization 3
type		Polysemy
language		Old English
lexeme		hœrfest
meaning 1	autumn, harvest
direction	—
meaning 2	harvest
reference
comment		Also the Old High Germ. herbist, Mid. High Germ. herbst, Dutch herfst, Swed. höst. For all of them the principal meaning is that of 'autumn, harvesting season' (Buck 512), but the German word is a cognate for the Greek καρπός 'fruit, harvest', so the direction is not quite clear.

ACCEPTED Realization 4
type		Semantic evolution
language		Welsh
lexeme		cynhaeaf
meaning 1	autumn
direction	→
meaning 2	harvest
reference		Buck: 512
comment		cyn ‘before’ gaeaf ‘winter’, In Modern Welsh 'harvest' (and elfed for 'autumn')