summer solstice, St John's Day
→
June
2 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Livonian | |
| Lexeme 1 | jōņpǟva | |
| Lexeme 2 | jōņpǟva kū | |
| Meaning 1 | summer solstice, St John's Day | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | (poetic) June | |
| Reference | <personally collected data> | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Old Irish | |
| Lexeme | mithem | |
| Meaning 1 | midsummer | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | June | |
| Reference | eDIL | |
| Comment | From Proto-Celtic *medyo-samīno- 'middle of summer', Modern Irish Gaelic Meitheamh 'June', Welsh Mehefin 'June', Cornish Metheven 'June', Breton Mezheven 'June'. |
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