mother
→
queen (bee)
3 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
| 5184 | mother | → | queen (termites and ants) | Open |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Ancient Greek | |
| Lexeme 1 | μήτηρ | |
| Lexeme 2 | μήτρα | |
| Meaning 1 | mother | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | queen (bee) | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Bulgarian | |
| Lexeme | majka | |
| Meaning 1 | mother | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | queen bee | Пчелата майка е единствената полово развита женска пчела в пчелното семейство способна да снася оплодени яйца. |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Lower Sorbian | |
| Lexeme | matka | |
| Meaning 1 | mother (obs.) | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | queen bee | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Also in many other Slavic languages ЭССЯ 10, 15-18 | |