light (of weight)
→
light, bright, clear
4 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Irish Gaelic | |
| lexeme | éadrom | |
| meaning 1 | light (of weight) | Chomh héadrom le cleite as light as a feather |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | light, bright, clear | éadrom glas, éadrom gorm light green, light blue |
| reference | Ó Dónaill 1977 | |
| comment | éa- 'not' + trom 'heavy' |
|
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Kam | |
| lexeme | ćha.13 | |
| meaning 1 | light (of weight) | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | light, bright, clear | |
| reference | IDS | |
| comment | CLICS-3 |
|
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Tarifit Berber | |
| lexeme | fsəs | |
| meaning 1 | light (of weight) | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | light, bright, clear | |
| reference | World Loanword Database | |
| comment | CLICS-3 |
|
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Western Pantar (Tubbe, Lamma) | |
| lexeme | diala | |
| meaning 1 | light (of weight) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | light, bright, clear | |
| reference | LexiRumah 3.0.0 | |
| comment | CLICS-3 |
|
See also English light, Old English lēoht, Dutch licht 'light, not dark or obscure' and 'light, not heavy'. The first meaning from Proto-Germanic *leuhtaz 'light'. Cognate with German licht, West Frisian ljocht. The second meaning from Proto-West Germanic *lį̄ht, from Proto-Germanic *linhtaz or *līhtaz. Cognate with German leicht, Swedish lätt, Norwegian lett.