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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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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