head
—
hill
1 realization
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
| 515 | head | ↔ | peak of mountain | Open |
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Mongolian (Khalkha) | |
| Lexeme | tolgoy | |
| Meaning 1 | head | |
| Meaning 2 | hill | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | The direction of the transtition is not quite clear, though most possibly it was like hill -> head, as the meaning of 'head' was registered later. | |
Ср. также древнерусский шелом 'шлем' и шеломЯ 'гора, холм, гряда холмов' (Срезневский III, 1587); шелом 'холм, гора' (Даль: тверск, вологод.).