shepherd
→
fool
2 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | French | |
| Lexeme | vacher | |
| Meaning 1 | shepherd, cattleman | vacher du village the village shepherd |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | ignoramus, rude person | |
| Reference | CNRTL | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Semantic evolution | |
| Language 1 | Old East Slavic | |
| Language 2 | Russian | |
| Lexeme 1 | волухъ | |
| Lexeme 2 | oluh | |
| Meaning 1 | bull shepherd | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | clod | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | For the Old Rus. Word see Срезневский 296. Фасмер 1, 345-346, 3, 316-317. For evidence against this etymology see Черных 1, 597 | |