priest (Christianity)
→
Boletus edulis
1 realization
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
---|---|---|
Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Russian | |
Lexeme | поп | |
Meaning 1 | priest (Christianity) | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | Boletus edulis | |
Reference | СРНГ | |
Comment | Efremov (1854), Tambov. SRNG, Piskunova et al. 2002, Rusinova 2011 |
Probably because its shape resembles stereotypical fat rural Orthodox priest. Or from dialectal поп 'straight vertical object