The Database of Semantic Shifts in the languages of the world

to tread → to destroy, annihilate 1 realization Unique

ID	Relation type	Meaning 1	Direction	Meaning 2
819		to tread	→	to oppress	Open

ACCEPTED Realization 1
type		Polysemy
language		Akkadian
lexeme		dâšu
meaning 1	to thresh (barley); to trample upon	ṣīru 2 ḳaḳḳadāti ... addaiš-ma ētiq I marched, stepping with each step on two-headed snakes
direction	—
meaning 2	to destroy	daiš muštarḫī who crushes the haughty
reference		CAD: d 121
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