glass (material)
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glasswort
2 realizations
GROUP: Germanic
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 (ID: 14636) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme 1 | glass | |
| lexeme 2 | glasswort | |
| meaning 1 | glass | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | Salicornia europaea | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 (ID: 36595) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Complex derivation | |
| language | German | |
| lexeme 1 | Glass | |
| lexeme 2 | Glasschmelz | |
| meaning 1 | glass (material) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | glasswort | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | Also Glasschmalz |
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The common name "glasswort" came into use in the 16th century to describe plants growing in England whose ashes could be used for making soda-based (as opposed to potash-based) glass (OED).