The Database of Semantic Shifts in the languages of the world

ID	Relation type	Meaning 1	Direction	Meaning 2

Comment
особенно часто - 'ночная бабочка'. Журавлев 2005, 768

ACCEPTED Realization 1
type		Polysemy
language		Bulgarian
lexeme		вещица (veštica)
meaning 1	witch
direction	→
meaning 2	night moth
reference
comment		Serb.-Cr. вештица 'witch', dial. vještica 'night-fly, moth'. Журавлев 2005, 767-768

ACCEPTED Realization 2
type		Polysemy
language		Hungarian
lexeme		bosorkány
meaning 1	witch
direction	—
meaning 2	butterfly
reference
comment		Borrowed in the Ucr. dial. босорка, босорканя 'witch', 'night-fly', 'toad', босоркун 'vampire'

ACCEPTED Realization 3
type		Polysemy
language		Romanian
lexeme		strigă
meaning 1	witch
direction	—
meaning 2	hawk moth (Acherontia atropos)
reference		DEX98
comment		DER 1, 752, DEX98, also 'owl'.

ACCEPTED Realization 4
type		Polysemy
language		Russian
lexeme		ворогуша (voroguša)
meaning 1	witch
direction	→
meaning 2	white butterfly
reference
comment		СРНГ 5, 108-109

ACCEPTED Realization 5
type		Polysemy
language		Upper Sorbian
lexeme		khodojta (chodojta)
meaning 1	witch
direction	—
meaning 2	night butterfly
reference
comment		Also 'mosquito, asphixia'. ЭССЯ 8, 50, Журавлев 2005, 852