#3797
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