pig (Sus scrofa)
→
capybara
8 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Borrowing | |
| language 1 | Ancient Greek | |
| language 2 | New Latin | |
| lexeme 1 | χοῖρος | |
| lexeme 2 | hydrochoerus | |
| meaning 1 | pig (Sus scrofa) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | capybara | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | Linnaeus, 1766 |
|
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Armenian | |
| lexeme 1 | xozuk (խոզուկ) | |
| lexeme 2 | ǰraxozuk (ջրախոզուկ) | |
| meaning 1 | dim. from xoz (խոզ) 'pig' | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | capybara | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme 1 | hog | |
| lexeme 2 | water hog | |
| meaning 1 | pig (Sus scrofa) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | capybara | |
| reference | OED | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme 1 | pig | |
| lexeme 2 | water pig | |
| meaning 1 | pig (Sus scrofa) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | capybara | |
| reference | OED | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Finnish | |
| lexeme 1 | sika | |
| lexeme 2 | vesisika | |
| meaning 1 | pig (Sus scrofa) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | (dated) capybara | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | German | |
| lexeme 1 | Schwein | |
| lexeme 2 | Wasserschwein | |
| meaning 1 | pig (Sus scrofa) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | capybara | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Mandarin Chinese | |
| lexeme 1 | tún (豚) | |
| lexeme 2 | shuǐtún (水豚) | |
| meaning 1 | pig (Sus scrofa) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | capybara | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Russian | |
| lexeme 1 | свинка | |
| lexeme 2 | водосвинка | |
| meaning 1 | dim. from свинья 'pig' | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | capybara | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | ||
'water pig'. Semantic borrowings from Biological Latin in XVIII c.