spider
→
shrew
2 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Italian | |
| lexeme 1 | ragno | |
| lexeme 2 | toporagno | |
| meaning 1 | spider | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | shrew | |
| reference | Vocabolario Treccani | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Latin | |
| lexeme 1 | araneus | |
| lexeme 2 | musaraneus | |
| meaning 1 | of a spider | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | shrew | |
| reference | Lewis, Short Glare | |
| comment | Portuguese musaranho, Spanish musaraña, Italian musaragno, Catalan musaranya, Occitan musaranha, French musaraigne. |
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because the bite of many shrews, e.g. Neomys fodiens, is venomous