human, person
→
woman
3 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Icelandic | |
| Lexeme 1 | maður | |
| Lexeme 2 | kvenmaður | |
| Meaning 1 | human, person | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | woman | |
| Reference | ISLEX | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Old English | |
| Lexeme 1 | mann | |
| Lexeme 2 | wīfmann | |
| Meaning 1 | human, person | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | woman | |
| Reference | English Wiktionary Bosworth, Toller | |
| Comment | From wīf + mann, literally “female person”. Compare wǣpnedmann (“man, a male”, literally “male person”), which wīfmann was often used alongside; cf. Icelandic karlmaður and kvenmaður. |
|
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Welsh | |
| Lexeme 1 | dyn | |
| Lexeme 2 | dynes | |
| Meaning 1 | person | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | woman | |
| Reference | Geiriadur | |
| Comment | ||