worm
↔
snake
13 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Botlikh | |
| Lexeme | берка | |
| Meaning 1 | worm | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | snake | беркулъи загьру snake poison |
| Reference | Alekseev, Azaev 2019: 67 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Chamalal | |
| Lexeme | beča | |
| Meaning 1 | worm | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | snake | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ЧРС 72 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Estonian | |
| Lexeme | uss | |
| Meaning 1 | worm | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | snake | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Мухель 1973: 588 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Cognates | |
| Language 1 | Finnish | |
| Language 2 | Estonian | |
| Lexeme 1 | mato | |
| Lexeme 2 | madu | |
| Meaning 1 | worm | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | snake | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Cognates | |
| Language 1 | Harsusi | |
| Language 2 | Akkadian | |
| Lexeme 1 | šəbšīb | |
| Lexeme 2 | šibbu | |
| Meaning 1 | small red worm, centipede | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | a snake | |
| Reference | SED II: no. 200 HL: 123 CAD: š 2, 375 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Japanese | |
| Lexeme 1 | mushi | |
| Lexeme 2 | mamushi | |
| Meaning 1 | insect, worm | 畑で虫をついばんでいる鳥 hatake de mushi o tsuibande iru tori a bird pecking at insects in the field |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | viper | まむしのように怖い蛇ではない mamushi no yō na osoroshii hebi de wa nai this snake is not as terrible as a viper |
| Reference | BCCWJ | |
| Comment | ma-mushi lit. "true worm" | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Cognates | |
| Language 1 | Jewish Aramaic | |
| Language 2 | Jibbali | |
| Lexeme 1 | hī(ʔ) | |
| Lexeme 2 | hɔt | |
| Meaning 1 | name of a worm | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | big, long snake | |
| Reference | SED II: no. 95 Jastrow: 328 JL: 100 | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Koryak | |
| Lexeme | ынгэм | |
| Meaning 1 | worm, caterpillar | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | viper | |
| Reference | Žukova 1990: 88 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Mandarin Chinese | |
| Lexeme | chóng (虫) | |
| Meaning 1 | worm | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | snake | |
| Reference | BKRS | |
| Comment | Also 'insect' | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 10 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Norwegian | |
| Lexeme | orm | |
| Meaning 1 | worm | leddorm annelid worm |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | snake | hoggorm viper |
| Reference | BO | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 11 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Sanskrit | |
| Lexeme | vihrut | |
| Meaning 1 | worm | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | a species of a snake | |
| Reference | MW: 1003 | |
| Comment | Кочергина 614 | |
| NEW Realization 12 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Syncretism | |
| Language | Udihe | |
| Lexeme | кулига | |
| Meaning 1 | worm | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | snake | |
| Reference | Podmaskin 1984: 219 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 13 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Wolane | |
| Lexeme | tuli | |
| Meaning 1 | worm | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | serpent, snake | |
| Reference | EDG: 597 | |
| Comment | From Proto-Semitic *tawliʕ(-at)- 'worm', see SED II No. 230. | |