to milk
→
May
1 realization
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Old English | |
| lexeme 1 | melcan | |
| lexeme 2 | þrimilċe | |
| meaning 1 | to milk | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | May | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | apparently because animals could be milked three times a day at this time of year |
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