winnowing fan
→
fan (hand-held)
1 realization
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme | fan | |
| meaning 1 | winnowing fan | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | fan | |
| reference | Harper's Etymonline | |
| comment | Middle English fan, from Old English fann 'a winnowing, fan', from Latin vannus 'fan for winnowing grain' | |