| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Armenian | |
| Lexeme 1 | sur (սուր) | |
| Lexeme 2 | srənčʿak (սրընչակ) | |
| Meaning 1 | sharp | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | shrew | |
| Reference | <personally collected data> | |
| Comment | From sur (սուր) 'sharp' + unčʿ (ունչ) 'nose' + -ak (-ակ). Probably an imprecise calque of German Spitzmaus, coined by the Mekhitarists of Vienna. |
|
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Cantonese Chinese | |
| Lexeme 1 | zim1 (尖) | |
| Lexeme 2 | zim1 syu2 (尖鼠) | |
| Meaning 1 | sharp point | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | shrew | |
| Reference | English Wiktionary | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Danish | |
| Lexeme 1 | spids | |
| Lexeme 2 | spidsmus | |
| Meaning 1 | pointed, sharp | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | shrew | |
| Reference | DDO | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Dutch | |
| Lexeme 1 | spits | |
| Lexeme 2 | spitsmuis | |
| Meaning 1 | pointed | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | shrew | |
| Reference | Mironov 1987 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | German | |
| Lexeme 1 | spitz | |
| Lexeme 2 | Spitzmaus | |
| Meaning 1 | pointed, sharp | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | shrew | |
| Reference | Duden | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Mandarin Chinese | |
| Lexeme 1 | jiān (尖) | |
| Lexeme 2 | jiānshǔ (尖鼠) | |
| Meaning 1 | point (of needle); sharp | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | shrew | |
| Reference | BKRS English Wiktionary | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Norwegian | |
| Lexeme 1 | spiss | |
| Lexeme 2 | spissmus | |
| Meaning 1 | pointed | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | shrew | |
| Reference | BO | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Ottoman Turkish | |
| Lexeme 1 | sivri (سیوری) | |
| Lexeme 2 | sivri sıçan (سیوری صیچان) | |
| Meaning 1 | sharp-pointed | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | shrew | |
| Reference | <personally collected data> | |
| Comment | Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687), Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum, Vienna, column 1107 |
|
| ACCEPTED Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Southern Min (Min Nan) | |
| Lexeme 1 | chiam (尖) | |
| Lexeme 2 | chiam-chhí / chiam-chhú (尖鼠) | |
| Meaning 1 | sharp point | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | shrew | |
| Reference | English Wiktionary | |
| Comment | ||
Shrews have long, pointed snouts
Eurasian Pygmy Shrew (Sorex minutus). // Stella Nutella at English Wikipedia