opening, hole
—
cover, lid
2 realizations
MACROAREA: Eurasia
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Cognates | |
| language 1 | German | |
| language 2 | Danish | |
| lexeme 1 | Loch | |
| lexeme 2 | låg | |
| meaning 1 | opening, hole | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | cover, lid | |
| reference | EvoSem | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Tuvan | |
| lexeme | a:s | |
| meaning 1 | opening, hole | ottug dag aksı volcano crater |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | cover, lid | xönek aksı kattle lid |
| reference | Tenišev 2008 | |
| comment | The original meaning for both meanings is "mouth", so the semantic development most probably was as follows: mouth -> opening, hole -> thing covering the hole. | |