lord, master
→
rich
2 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Borrowing | |
| Language 1 | Gothic | |
| Language 2 | Spanish | |
| Lexeme 1 | reiks | |
| Lexeme 2 | rico | |
| Meaning 1 | ruler, lord | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | rich | |
| Reference | Corominas, Pascual | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Old English | |
| Lexeme | rīċe | |
| Meaning 1 | powerful | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | rich | |
| Reference | Bosworth, Toller | |
| Comment | from Proto-West Germanic *rīkī 'powerful, rich', from Proto-Germanic *rīkijaz 'kingly, powerful, rich', from Proto-Germanic *rīks 'king, ruler' Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 130 |
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