fine, powder-like
→
child (son or daughter)
3 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Geez | |
| lexeme | daḳiḳ | |
| meaning 1 | fine, powdered | ṣew daḳāḳ fine salt |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | children | daḳiḳa ʔaron the children of Aron |
| reference | LLA: 1099 | |
| comment | Both meanings probably going back to Proto-Semitic *dḳḳ 'to crush, to pound; to be ground finely, to be fine, minute' (EDA II). Also, a variant root in PWS *dḳdḳ 'to pound; to be fine, small'. | |
| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Jewish Palestinian Aramaic | |
| lexeme 1 | dḳḳ | |
| lexeme 2 | dḳyḳ | |
| meaning 1 | to crush | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | small, young | |
| reference | DJPA: 154 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Tigrinya | |
| lexeme 1 | däḳäḳä | |
| lexeme 2 | däḳḳi | |
| meaning 1 | to be minute, attenuated; to grow thin and fine; to be pulverized, broken to bits | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | children | |
| reference | TED: 2108 | |
| comment | ||
For the frequent in individual Semitic languages semantic shift ‘to be ground finely, to be fine, minute’ > ‘to be little, smalľ in Indo-European languages see Buck 1949, 880ff.