tail
→
wolf
10 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Hungarian | |
| Lexeme 1 | fark | |
| Lexeme 2 | farkas | |
| Meaning 1 | tail | a ló farka 'the tail of the horse' |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | wolf (lit. tailed) | erdei farkas 'forest wolf' |
| Reference | MEK 1978 | |
| Comment | ellipsis of farkas állat 'animal with a tail'. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Karelian | |
| Lexeme 1 | häntä, händü | |
| Lexeme 2 | hännikäs | |
| Meaning 1 | tail | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | (hunter's euphemism) wolf | |
| Reference | Žarinova 2006: 8 | |
| Comment | Also pitkähändä 'wolf' lit. 'long tail' | |
| NEW Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Veps | |
| Lexeme 1 | händ | |
| Lexeme 2 | händikaz | |
| Meaning 1 | tail | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | wolf | |
| Reference | Zajceva, Mullonen 1972: 140 | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Livvi-Karelian | |
| Lexeme 1 | händü | |
| Lexeme 2 | hännikäs | |
| Meaning 1 | tail | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | wolf | |
| Reference | Žarinova 2006: 27 | |
| Comment | Also pitkühändü 'wolf' lit. 'long tail' | |
| NEW Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Ludic Karelian | |
| Lexeme 1 | hände | |
| Lexeme 2 | händikäs | |
| Meaning 1 | tail | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | wolf | |
| Reference | Žarinova 2006: 27 | |
| Comment | Also pitkehände 'wolf', lit. 'long tail'. | |
| NEW Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Finnish | |
| Lexeme 1 | häntä | |
| Lexeme 2 | hännikäs, häntyri, häntti | |
| Meaning 1 | tail (of mammals) | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | (dialect) wolf | |
| Reference | Žarinova 2006: 27 | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Khakas | |
| Lexeme 1 | хузурух | |
| Lexeme 2 | узун хузурух | |
| Meaning 1 | tail | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | (euphemism) wolf | |
| Reference | Subrakova O. (ed.) 2006: 858 | |
| Comment | 'long tail' | |
| NEW Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Yakut | |
| Lexeme 1 | кутурук | |
| Lexeme 2 | уһун кутурук | |
| Meaning 1 | tail | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | (euphemism) wolf | |
| Reference | DSJJ: I, 264 | |
| Comment | 'long tail'. Also кутуруктаах (adj.) 'with long tail' (DSJJ I, 129). Bagardynov 2020 | |
| NEW Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Udmurt | |
| Lexeme 1 | быж | |
| Lexeme 2 | кузь быж | |
| Meaning 1 | tail | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | (euphemism) wolf | |
| Reference | Kirillova 2008 | |
| Comment | Also кузь быжо (adj.) | |
| NEW Realization 10 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Tuvan | |
| Lexeme 1 | кудурук | |
| Lexeme 2 | узун кудурук | |
| Meaning 1 | tail | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | (euphemism) wolf | |
| Reference | Suvandii 2016: 139 | |
| Comment | 'long tail' | |
hunter's and/or shepherd's euphemism for wolf as 'tailed' or 'long tail'. In Hungarian and Veps it became basic terms for a wolf. See also Zelenin 1929