bell
→
watch, clock
2 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Mandarin Chinese | |
| lexeme | zhōng (钟) | |
| meaning 1 | bell | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | clock (tower, wall, table; also generic morpheme) | Nàozhōng (闹钟) alarm clock |
| reference | BKRS | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Borrowing | |
| language 1 | Medieval Latin | |
| language 2 | English | |
| lexeme 1 | clocca | |
| lexeme 2 | clock | |
| meaning 1 | bell | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | clock, watch | |
| reference | ||
| comment | probably from M.Du. klocke, from M.L. (7c.) clocca "bell," from Celt., probably spread by Irish missionaries, ultimately of imitative origin. | |