candle
→
icicle
3 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Basque | |
| lexeme 1 | kandela | |
| lexeme 2 | izotz-kandela | |
| meaning 1 | candle | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | icicle | |
| reference | OEH | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Icelandic | |
| lexeme 1 | kerti | |
| lexeme 2 | grýlukerti | |
| meaning 1 | candle | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | icicle | |
| reference | English Wiktionary | |
| comment | Likely from Grýla 'a folkloric ogress' + kerti. Probably derived from the fact that icicles look a lot like the stalactites found in caves and that since Grýla lives in a cave she would have used them as candles. |
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