tower
→
prison
2 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme | dungeon | |
| meaning 1 | dungeon | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | jail | |
| reference | ||
| comment | Cf the verb to dungeon 'to put in jail' | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Borrowing | |
| language 1 | Middle High German | |
| language 2 | Russian | |
| lexeme 1 | turm | |
| lexeme 2 | тюрьма (tjur'ma) | |
| meaning 1 | tower | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | prison | |
| reference | Buck | |
| comment | via the Polish turma 'dungeon' | |