alder (tree)
→
blood
1 realization
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Finnish | |
| lexeme | leppä | |
| meaning 1 | alder (tree); grey alder (Alnus incana) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | (archaic, euphemistic) blood | |
| reference | Vahros, Ščerbakov 2007 | |
| comment | ||
The euphemistic sense "blood" comes from the fact that the wood of the alder tree turns red when cut.