silver
→
mercury
15 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Ancient Greek | |
| lexeme 1 | ἄργῠρος | |
| lexeme 2 | ὑδράργυρος | |
| meaning 1 | silver | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | mercury | |
| reference | LSJ | |
| comment | From ὕδωρ 'water' + ἄργῠρος 'silver' |
|
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Bashkir | |
| lexeme 1 | көмөш | |
| lexeme 2 | терегөмөш | |
| meaning 1 | silver | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | mercury | Атмосфера баҫымы - терегөмөш бағанаһы буйынса 750 мм. The atmospheric pressure is 750mm by mercury column. |
| reference | Bashkir Uraksin 1996 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Breton | |
| lexeme 1 | arc'hant | |
| lexeme 2 | arc'hant-bev | |
| meaning 1 | silver | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | mercury | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Cantonese Chinese | |
| lexeme 1 | ngan4 (银, 銀) | |
| lexeme 2 | seoi2 ngan4 (水银, 水銀) | |
| meaning 1 | silver | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | mercury | |
| reference | English Wiktionary | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme 1 | silver | |
| lexeme 2 | quicksilver | |
| meaning 1 | silver | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | mercury | The rogue fled from me like quicksilver - Shakespeare, Henry IV part 2, II-iv |
| reference | OED English Wiktionary | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Estonian | |
| lexeme 1 | hõbe | |
| lexeme 2 | elavhõbe | |
| meaning 1 | silver | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | mercury | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Farsi | |
| lexeme 1 | sim (سیم) | |
| lexeme 2 | simâb (سیماب) | |
| meaning 1 | silver | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | mercury | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Finnish | |
| lexeme 1 | hopea | |
| lexeme 2 | elohopea | |
| meaning 1 | silver | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | mercury | |
| reference | Vahros, Ščerbakov 2007 English Wiktionary | |
| comment | Coined by Finnish folk poetry researcher, translator and journalist Julius Krohn in 1860. |
|
| ACCEPTED Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Georgian | |
| lexeme 1 | vercxli (ვერცხლი) | |
| lexeme 2 | vercxlisc̣q̇ali (ვერცხლისწყალი) | |
| meaning 1 | silver | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | mercury | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 10 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | German | |
| lexeme 1 | Silber | |
| lexeme 2 | Quecksilber | |
| meaning 1 | silver | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | mercury | |
| reference | DWDS | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 11 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Latvian | |
| lexeme 1 | sudrabs | |
| lexeme 2 | dzīvsudrabs | |
| meaning 1 | silver | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | mercury | dzīvsudraba termometrs mercury thermometer |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 12 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Lithuanian | |
| lexeme 1 | sidãbras | |
| lexeme 2 | gyvsidabris | |
| meaning 1 | silver | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | mercury | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 13 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Mandarin Chinese | |
| lexeme 1 | yín (银, 銀) | |
| lexeme 2 | shuǐyín (水银, 水銀) | |
| meaning 1 | silver | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | mercury | |
| reference | BKRS | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 14 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Romanian | |
| lexeme 1 | argint | |
| lexeme 2 | argint viu | |
| meaning 1 | silver | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | mercury | |
| reference | Șăineanu 1929 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 15 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Vietnamese | |
| lexeme 1 | ngân | |
| lexeme 2 | thuỷ ngân | |
| meaning 1 | silver (in compounds) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | mercury | |
| reference | SEAlang Vietnamese | |
| comment | ||