<foreign country>
→
<metal>
9 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Borrowing | |
| language 1 | Ancient Greek | |
| language 2 | Coptic | |
| lexeme 1 | Βρεττανία | |
| lexeme 2 | thran (ⲑⲣⲁⲛ) | |
| meaning 1 | Brittany | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | tin | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | Bohairic Coptic Brittany being the chief source of tin in antiquity. With the beginning reanalyzed as the singular masculine definite article ⲡⲓ- (pi-). Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, page 43 |
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| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Syncretism | |
| language | Kannada | |
| lexeme | vaṅga (ವಂಗ) | |
| meaning 1 | Bengalian | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | lead, plumbum, tin (n.) | |
| reference | Kittel 1968-1971: 1449 | |
| comment | |
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| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Latin | |
| lexeme 1 | Cyprus | |
| lexeme 2 | cypreum | |
| meaning 1 | island of Cyprus | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | copper | |
| reference | Glare: 482 du Cange | |
| comment | from aes Cypreum Late Latin cuprum |
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| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Malayalam | |
| lexeme | vaṅkam (വങ്കം) | |
| meaning 1 | Bengalian | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | lead, plumbum, tin | |
| reference | Gundert Malayalam dictionary: 899 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Marathi | |
| lexeme | vaṅga (वंग) | |
| meaning 1 | Bengalian | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | lead, plumbum, tin | |
| reference | Molesworth 1857: 727 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Sanskrit | |
| lexeme | vaṅgaṅgam (वङ्गम्) | |
| meaning 1 | Bengalian | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | lead, plumbum; tin | |
| reference | Apte: 1379 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Sinhalese | |
| lexeme | vaṁgaya (වංගය) | |
| meaning 1 | Bengalian | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | lead, plumbum, tin | |
| reference | Carter 1924: 558 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Tamil | |
| lexeme | vaṅkam (வங்கம்) | |
| meaning 1 | Bengalian | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | lead, plumbum, tin | |
| reference | Fabricius Tamil: 839 Winslow Tamil: 910 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Telugu | |
| lexeme | vangamu (వంగము) | |
| meaning 1 | Bengalian | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | lead, plumbum, tin | |
| reference | Brown Telugu dictionary: 1123 | |
| comment | ||