The Database of Semantic Shifts in the languages of the world

gold → diamonds (in cards) 1 realization Unique

ID	Relation type	Meaning 1	Direction	Meaning 2

Comment
Originally the suit was represented by gold coins. Eventually the design changed to that of a lozenge, but the name was kept.

NEW Realization 1
type		Polysemy
language		Navajo
lexeme		óola
meaning 1	gold
direction	→
meaning 2	diamonds (in cards)
reference		<personally collected data>
comment		Borrowed from Spanish oro 'gold'. Spanish (and Italian) cards traditionally had chalices, gold coins (instead of diamonds), swords, and batons