<foreigner> syphilis 8 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Derivation
language English
lexeme 1 Gall
lexeme 2 gallican
meaning 1 French
direction
meaning 2 syphilis
reference
comment Also Port. mal gálico, Sp. mal (morbo) gálico, Ital morbo gallico, Pol. Choroba gallicka, gallik
ACCEPTED Realization 2
type Derivation
language French
lexeme 1 de Naples
lexeme 2 mal (maladie) de Naples
meaning 1 Neapolitan
direction
meaning 2 syphilis
reference
comment Also the Fr. vérole de Naples, Port. mal de Napoles, Pol. niemoc niepolitanska. These names keep the memories of the first well attested outbreak of syphilis in Europe during the Italian campaign of the French king Charles VIII, especially concerning his capture of Naples in 1495.
ACCEPTED Realization 3
type Polysemy
language French
lexeme 1 d’Espagne
lexeme 2 mal d’Espagne
meaning 1 spanish
direction
meaning 2 syphilis
reference
comment Also Port. mal de Castilla, Eng. Spanish pox, Germ. spanische Krankheit, Pol. choroba hispańska. These names reflect the idea that syphilis had been carried in Europe from America after Columbus' expeditions.
ACCEPTED Realization 4
type Polysemy
language French
lexeme 1 prussien
lexeme 2 maladie prussienne
meaning 1 Prussian armée prussienne
Prussian army
direction
meaning 2 syphilis
reference CNRTL
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 5
type Derivation
language German
lexeme 1 Franzose
lexeme 2 Franzosenkrankheit
meaning 1 French
direction
meaning 2 syphilis
reference
comment die Franzosen haben ‘to have syphilis’, lit. ‘to have the French’.
NEW Realization 6
type Semantic evolution
language Hungarian
lexeme franc
meaning 1 French
direction
meaning 2 syphilis
reference Zaicz 2006: 219
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 7
type Derivation
language Italian
lexeme 1 marocchino
lexeme 2 marocchinato
meaning 1 Moroccan
direction
meaning 2 syphilis
reference
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 8
type Polysemy
language Russian
lexeme nemcy
meaning 1 germans
direction
meaning 2 hard chancre Уж эти немцы, чуть только один сядет, глядишь, уж их десяток
Oh, these Germans, one of them sits down, and immediately there are a dozen of them there
reference
comment сиб. СРНГ 21, 78