net (n.)
↔
spider
3 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | French | |
| Lexeme | araignée | |
| Meaning 1 | fishing net (with square cells) | |
| Direction | ← | |
| Meaning 2 | spider | toile d'araignée spider network |
| Reference | Robert historique: 183 | |
| Comment | from Latin aranea from Ancient Greek ἀράχνη. Latin aranea 'spider' already have the meaning 'spidernet' (summo quae pendet aranea tigno 'even spidernet that hangs from the ceiling' Ovidius Metamorphoses IV, 179) | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Russian | |
| Lexeme 1 | сеть (set') | |
| Lexeme 2 | сетник (setnik) | |
| Meaning 1 | net | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | spider | Сетник на середину избы с потолка спустился Spider in the middle of the house came down from the ceiling |
| Reference | SRNG: 37, 245-246 | |
| Comment | dialectal (Siberian). Ситник also means 'fisherman who uses nets', 'person who makes fishering nets' | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Russian | |
| Lexeme 1 | тенета (teneta) | |
| Lexeme 2 | тенетник, тенётник (tenetnik, tenëtnik) | |
| Meaning 1 | net, toils | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | spider | |
| Reference | SRNG: 44, 37,39 | |
| Comment | dialectal (Vladimir, Nizhnij Novgorod, Samara, Arhangelsk) also тенётчик (Vologda, Arhangelsk) | |
'one who makes nets / hunts with nets' → 'spider'. Opposite direction 'spider' → 'spider's web' → 'net'