mandrake
→
belladonna
2 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Semantic evolution | |
| language 1 | Latin | |
| language 2 | Romanian | |
| lexeme 1 | mandragoras | |
| lexeme 2 | mătrăgună | |
| meaning 1 | mandrake | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | belladonna | |
| reference | DER | |
| comment | via a Vulgar Latin *mandragona. Dublet of Romanian mandragoră 'mandrake' from Old Church Slavonic манъдрагора, from Ancient Greek μανδραγόρας |
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| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Borrowing | |
| language 1 | Latin | |
| language 2 | Hungarian | |
| lexeme 1 | mandragoras | |
| lexeme 2 | nadragulya | |
| meaning 1 | mandrake | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | belladonna | |
| reference | Zaicz 2006 | |
| comment | the initial n is a Hungarian innovation. Borrowed to Slovak: nadraguľa, Ukrainian надраґуля |
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In more northern countries, where the mandrake (Mandragora officinarum) does not grow, the legends associated with it were transferred to belladonna (Atropa belladonna).