egg
→
eggplant (Solanum melongena)
3 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme 1 | egg | |
| lexeme 2 | eggplant | |
| meaning 1 | egg | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | eggplant (Solanum melongena) | |
| reference | Harper's Etymonline | |
| comment | First recorded in 1763, the word "eggplant" was originally applied to white cultivars, which look very much like hen's eggs. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Icelandic | |
| lexeme 1 | egg | |
| lexeme 2 | eggaldin | |
| meaning 1 | egg | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | eggplant (Solanum melongena) | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Welsh | |
| lexeme 1 | wy | |
| lexeme 2 | wylys | |
| meaning 1 | egg | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | eggplant (Solanum melongena) | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wylys |
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