bull
→
common bullfinch
2 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Motivation | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme 1 | bull | |
| lexeme 2 | bullfinch | |
| meaning 1 | adult male of domesticated cattle or oxen | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | small passerine bird, Pyrrhula pyrrhula, in the finch genus | |
| reference | Harper's Etymonline Desfayes 1998 | |
| comment | In dialects: bullfrench, bullspink, bullhead, bullie, bully, bullay, boldie, bull-olp |
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| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | French | |
| lexeme 1 | bœuf | |
| lexeme 2 | bouvreuil | |
| meaning 1 | bull | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) | |
| reference | CNRTL | |
| comment | Prob. contraction of *bouvereuil,, der. of bœuf + suff. -euil |
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