old woman
↔
witch, sorceress
3 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Semantic evolution | |
| language | Cornish | |
| lexeme | gwragh | |
| meaning 1 | old woman | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | witch | |
| reference | Gerlyver kernewek | |
| comment | First meaning in Williams 1865, 201 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Irish Gaelic | |
| lexeme | cailleach | |
| meaning 1 | nun, old woman, hag; midwife | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | witch | |
| reference | Ó Dónaill 1977 | |
| comment | From Old Irish caillech 'nun' → 'housekeeper, elderly woman, crone, hag' from caille 'veil', from Latin pallium 'type of clothing' | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Spanish | |
| lexeme | bruja | |
| meaning 1 | ugly, evil-looking, or frightening old woman | |
| direction | ↔ | |
| meaning 2 | witch | |
| reference | Narumov 1995 | |
| comment | ||