to emit smoke
→
to stink
2 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
| 1056 | to emit smell | → | to stink | Open |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme | reek | |
| meaning 1 | (archaic) to emit smoke | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | to stink | |
| reference | ODE | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Borrowing | |
| language 1 | French | |
| language 2 | English | |
| lexeme 1 | funquer, funquier | |
| lexeme 2 | funk | |
| meaning 1 | to smoke, reek | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to emit an offensive smell; to stink | |
| reference | OED | |
| comment | 1620, from French dialectal (Norman) funquer, funquier 'to smoke, reek', from Old Northern French fungier 'to smoke', from Vulgar Latin fūmicāre, alteration of Latin fūmigāre 'to smoke, fumigate' |
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