Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Ancient Hebrew | |
| lexeme | tannīn | |
| meaning 1 | serpent; crocodile | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | sea-monster, sea-dragon | |
| reference | HALOT: 1764 SED II: no. 227 | |
| comment | The same polysemy also in other Semitic cognates. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Avestan | |
| lexeme | aži | |
| meaning 1 | snake | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | dragon | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | aži.dahāka 'Azhi Dahaka, name of a mythical serpent in Zoroastrianism' from Proto-Iranian *Háǰiš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háǰʰiš, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ógʷʰis, *h₃égʷʰis 'snake'. Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q., editors (1997) Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 529 |
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| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Internal cognates | |
| language | Bulgarian | |
| lexeme 1 | змия | |
| lexeme 2 | змей | |
| meaning 1 | snake | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | dragon | змей горянин mountain dragon |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Cognates | |
| language | Russian | |
| lexeme 1 | змея | |
| lexeme 2 | змей | |
| meaning 1 | snake | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | dragon | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Sanskrit | |
| lexeme | áhi (अहि) | |
| meaning 1 | snake, serpent | ahirna jūrṇāmati sarpati tvacamatyo na krīḷannasaradvṛṣā hariḥ He glideth like a serpent from his ancient skin, and like a playful horse the Tawny Steer hath run. (Ṛgveda 9.86.44) |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | Vritra, an Asura and also a serpent or dragon, the personification of drought and enemy of Indra, he is said to have had three heads. | |
| reference | MW | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Cognates | |
| language | Serbian | |
| lexeme 1 | змија (zmija) | |
| lexeme 2 | змај (zmaj) | |
| meaning 1 | snake | змија отровница poisonous snake |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | dragon | седмоглави змај seven-headed dragon |
| reference | Vujanitsh et al. 2007: 438 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Sumerian | |
| lexeme | ušumgallu | |
| meaning 1 | great dragon | ĝeštukul ušumgal-gin7 ad6 gu7-a aga-silig-ĝu10 mu-da-an-ĝal2-la-am3 (Ninurta's return to Nibru: a šir-gida-song to Ninurta : 133) I bear the weapon which devours corpses like a dragon, my agasilig axe. |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | snake, type of serpent | ur-saĝ dumu ama dili-me-eš 7-me-eš / 1-am3 šeš-gal-bi šu piriĝ-ĝa2 umbin ḫu-ri2-in-na / 2-kam-ma muš-šag4-tur3 ... / 3-kam-ma muš ušum-gal … (Gilgameš and Ḫuwawa : 36-39) Now there are seven warriors, sons of a single mother. The first, their eldest brother, has lion's paws and eagle's talons. The second is a …… snake, ……. The third is a dragon snake ... . |
| reference | PSD: electronic version | |
| comment | In the meaning B lexeme can be provided with the determinative for snakes muš ušumgal. The word ušum means "snake" as its own, and ušumgal consists of two parts, namely noun ušum and adjective gal meaning literally "great snake". |
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