ready
→
quick
2 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Italian | |
| lexeme | presto | |
| meaning 1 | ready | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | fast, quick, nimble | |
| reference | Vocabolario Treccani | |
| comment | From Latin adverb praesto 'present, at hand, ready' from praesto, praestare 'I stand before'. Cognate to French prêt 'ready'. | |
| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Serbian | |
| lexeme | брз (brz) | |
| meaning 1 | ready | брз на свађу ready to argue |
| direction | ← | |
| meaning 2 | fast, quick | брз коњ fast horse |
| reference | Vujanitsh et al. 2007: 110 | |
| comment | ||