Fat Tuesday
→
February
1 realization
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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Type | Motivation | |
Language | Estonian | |
Lexeme 1 | vastlad | |
Lexeme 2 | vastlakuu | |
Meaning 1 | Fat Tuesday | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | February | |
Reference | <personally collected data> | |
Comment | Estonian vastlad from Middle Low German vastelavent 'Shrove Tuesday', the day before the beginning of Lent on Ash Wednesday, when pancakes are traditionally eaten, originally to use up milk and eggs that would otherwise spoil because of not being eaten during Lent. |