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). | |