straight
→
simple
2 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Semantic evolution | |
| language 1 | Old East Slavic | |
| language 2 | Russian | |
| lexeme 1 | простыи | |
| lexeme 2 | простой | |
| meaning 1 | straight | Въставъ простъ станеть на немь ногами will stand straight up on him |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | simple | простая задача simple problem |
| reference | : II: 1582 <personally collected data> | |
| comment | О слове простой в значении "прямой" см. Е.Э.Бабаева. Формирование семантической структуры слова простой в русском языке. // Ю.Д.Апресян (ред.) Языковая картина мира и системная лексикография. М., 2006, с. 798 ff. |
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| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Cognates | |
| language 1 | Polish | |
| language 2 | Russian | |
| lexeme 1 | prosty | |
| lexeme 2 | простой (prostoj) | |
| meaning 1 | straight | prosta droga straight road |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | simple, easy | простая задача easy task |
| reference | ||
| comment | The Ucr. просто and the Bel. combine both meanings. In Bulg., Mac., Serb. просто, Kash., Sloven. prosto, Czech. prostě, Slovak. proste there is only the meaning of 'simply'. | |