cat
—
hare (Lepus)
3 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Danish | |
| Lexeme | killing | |
| Meaning 1 | kitten | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | young hare, leveret | |
| Reference | BDRS | |
| Comment | BDRS 328. From Old Norse ketlingr, hypocoristic form ketta ‘cat’. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Polish | |
| Lexeme | kot | |
| Meaning 1 | cat | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | hare (Lepus) | |
| Reference | Brückner 1927 | |
| Comment | From XVI c. in the language of hunters. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Russian | |
| Lexeme | маранга | |
| Meaning 1 | cat | ну, маранга, выходи на волю Cat, go out to freedom. |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | hare (Lepus) | мужик-от убил марангу This man killed a hare. |
| Reference | СРНГ | |
| Comment | Dialectal word (Kostroma, Vetluga) with unclear etymology. Attested in XIX c. СРНГ 17, 369 | |