snake → lizard 4 realizations Multi-area
NEW Realization 1 (ID: 52698)
type Polysemy
language Assamese
lexeme xap (সাপ)
meaning 1 snake
direction →
meaning 2 lizard
reference English Wiktionary
comment

From Sanskrit sarpa 'snake'

ACCEPTED Realization 2 (ID: 1008)
type Cognates
language 1 Classical Arabic
language 2 Jewish Aramaic
lexeme 1 ḥamaṭīṭ-
lexeme 2 ḥumṭā
meaning 1 serpent
direction —
meaning 2 lizard (chamoeleon)
reference BK: I 493 Jastrow: 435 LA: VII 277
comment Cf. SED II No. 99
NEW Realization 3 (ID: 52699)
type Cognates
language 1 Sanskrit
language 2 Old High German
lexeme 1 áhi (अहि)
lexeme 2 egidehsa, ewidehsa
meaning 1 snake, serpent
direction →
meaning 2 lizard
reference Pokorny: 44 Kluge 1967
comment
NEW Realization 4 (ID: 52697)
type Polysemy
language Tura (Toura)
lexeme sɛ̰̏ɛ̰̏
meaning 1 snake
direction →
meaning 2 lizard
reference Vydrin Comparative Mande
comment

proto Mande *K’A 'snake'