to lick
→
index finger
2 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Motivation | |
| Language 1 | English | |
| Language 2 | Middle English | |
| Lexeme 1 | to lick | |
| Lexeme 2 | lic-pot, likpot, lycpott | |
| Meaning 1 | to lick | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | index finger | |
| Reference | <personally collected data> | |
| Comment | Middle English word is recorded in 1387 Juhani Norri, Names of body parts in
English, 1400-1550, Annales Academiae
Scientarum Fennicae, Humaniora, 291, The
Finnish Academy of Science and Letters,
1998, pp. 470 (951-41-0832-9). |
|
| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Mongolian (Khalkha) | |
| Lexeme 1 | долоо- | |
| Lexeme 2 | долоовор хуруу | |
| Meaning 1 | to lick | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | index finger | |
| Reference | BAMRS 2001-2002 | |
| Comment | ||