clean (adj.)
→
sober
2 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Finnish | |
| lexeme | selvä | |
| meaning 1 | clear, distinct, obvious, evident; clean, limpid (of water, liquid) | vesi on niin selvää, että pohjan kivet näkyvät; kahvi on jo selvää the water is so clear that stones are visible at the bottom; coffee has already settled |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | sober | olla selvänä to be sober |
| reference | Vahros, Ščerbakov 2007: 558 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Cognates | |
| language 1 | German | |
| language 2 | English | |
| lexeme 1 | sauber | |
| lexeme 2 | sober | |
| meaning 1 | clean | sauberer Tuch clean handkerchief |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | sober | |
| reference | Moskal'skaja (ed.) 2001 | |
| comment | Semantic innovation in German. Both words are descendants of Latin borrowing sobrius ‘sober, not drunk’ (Latin > Old High German sūbar ‘clear’ > German sauber; Latin > Old French sobre > English sober). | |