spring (season)
→
Lent
1 realization
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
-
Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Old English | |
| Lexeme | lencten | |
| Meaning 1 | spring (season) | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | Lent | |
| Reference | Bosworth, Toller | |
| Comment | From Proto-West Germanic *langatīn 'spring', from *lang 'long' + *tīn 'day', so named because the days become longer again in spring. |
|