horseman, rider
→
knight (chess)
7 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Czech | |
| lexeme | jezdec | |
| meaning 1 | horseman, rider | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | knight (chess) | |
| reference | Kopeckij 1976: 265 | |
| comment | Slovak jazdec | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme | knight | |
| meaning 1 | horseman, rider | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | knight (chess) | |
| reference | ODE | |
| comment | borrowed to Japanese naito, Korean naiteu ‘knight in chess’ | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | French | |
| lexeme | cavalier | |
| meaning 1 | horseman, rider | être hardi cavalier to be a brave rider |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | knight (chess) | |
| reference | NFRS | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Icelandic | |
| lexeme | riddari | |
| meaning 1 | horseman, rider | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | knight (chess) | |
| reference | Berkov et al. 1962 | |
| comment | Afrikaans ruiter, Yiddish riter, Faroese riddari | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Irish Gaelic | |
| lexeme | ridire | |
| meaning 1 | horseman, rider | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | knight (chess) | |
| reference | Ó Dónaill 1977 | |
| comment | From Old Irish ritire “rider, knight”, from Old English ridere horseman | |
| NEW Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Lao | |
| lexeme | ʼat sa win (ອັດສະວິນ) | |
| meaning 1 | cavalier, knight | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | knight (chess) | |
| reference | SEAlang Lao | |
| comment | From Sanskrit aśvin (अश्विन्) 'cavalier; a horse tamer' from áśva (अश्व) 'horse' + -in (-इन्) 'possessor' |
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| NEW Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Thai | |
| lexeme | àt-sà-win (อัศวิน) | |
| meaning 1 | cavalier, knight | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | knight (chess) | |
| reference | SEAlang Thai | |
| comment | From Sanskrit aśvin (अश्विन्) 'cavalier; a horse tamer' from áśva (अश्व) 'horse' + -in (-इन्) 'possessor' |
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