Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Ancient Greek | |
| lexeme | βάλανος | |
| meaning 1 | acorn; date | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | glans penis | |
| reference | LSJ | |
| comment | Arist.HA493a27,Ar.Lys. 413, Gal.10.381. |
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| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Czech | |
| lexeme | žalud | |
| meaning 1 | acorn | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | glans penis | |
| reference | SSJČ | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Danish | |
| lexeme | agern | |
| meaning 1 | acorn | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | glans penis | |
| reference | DDO | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Dutch | |
| lexeme | eikel | |
| meaning 1 | acorn | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | glans penis | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme | nut | |
| meaning 1 | ||
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | (archaic) glans penis | 1763, A New and Complete Dictionary of Arts and Sciences: |
| reference | English Wiktionary | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | French | |
| lexeme | gland | |
| meaning 1 | acorn | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | glans penis | inflammation du gland |
| reference | CNRTL | |
| comment | Usually gland du pénis |
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| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | German | |
| lexeme | Eichel | |
| meaning 1 | acorn | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | glans penis | Beim männlichen Fötus ist [gegen Ende des sechsten Monats] der Hodensack noch leer, die Hoden sitzen noch in der Bauchhöhle im Leistenkanal. Die Vorhaut der Eichel bildet sich. [Waegner, Martin / Thomasius, Erich: Zeugung, Entwicklung und Geburt des Menschen. In: Das große Aufklärungswerk für Braut- und Eheleute. Dresden: Buchversand Gutenberg [1933], S. 337] |
| reference | DWDS | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Hungarian | |
| lexeme | makk | |
| meaning 1 | acorn | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | glans penis | |
| reference | MEK 1978 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Latin | |
| lexeme | glans | |
| meaning 1 | acorn; any acorn-shaped fruit, beechnut, chestnut, etc. | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | glans penis | |
| reference | Lewis, Short | |
| comment | Cels. 7, 25; cf. Mart. 12, 75, 3. In most Romance languages inherited word denotes 'acorn' and borrowed (semi-cultism) denotes 'glans penis': Romanian ghindă and gland, Italian ghianda and glande, Spanish llande and glande, Portuguese lande and glande, Catalan gla and gland. |
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| ACCEPTED Realization 10 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Palestinian Arabic | |
| lexeme | tamre | |
| meaning 1 | date | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | glans penis | |
| reference | Seeger 2022 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 11 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Polish | |
| lexeme | żołądź | |
| meaning 1 | acorn | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | glans penis | U noworodków i niemowląt napletek przylega ściśle do żołędzi i nie można go przesuwać. [...] współczesne badania zdają się dowodzić, że usunięcie napletka pomaga mężczyźnie wydłużyć czas trwania stosunku (pozbawiona napletka żołądź jest mniej wrażliwa). |
| reference | WSJP | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 12 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Slovak | |
| lexeme | žaluď | |
| meaning 1 | acorn | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | glans penis | |
| reference | KSSJ | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 13 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Swedish | |
| lexeme | ollon | |
| meaning 1 | acorn, beechnut | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | glans penis | |
| reference | SAOB | |
| comment | ||
Usually 'acorn' → 'glans penis' except for Ancient Greek ('acorn; date'), Latin ('acorn; any acorn-shaped fruit, beechnut, chestnut, etc.'), Sweden ('acorn, beechnut'), English ('nut'), Palestinian Arabic ('date').
An Ancient Greek medical term may be a common source of semantic borrowings.