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' | |