long (time)
→
spring (season)
5 realizations
GROUP: Germanic
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 (ID: 33641) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Internal cognates | |
| language | Dutch | |
| lexeme 1 | lang | |
| lexeme 2 | lente | |
| meaning 1 | long (period of time) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | spring (season) | |
| reference | Kroonen 2013 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 (ID: 33643) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Internal cognates | |
| language | German | |
| lexeme 1 | lang | |
| lexeme 2 | Lenz | |
| meaning 1 | long (period of time) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | (archaic, poetic or humorous) spring (season) | |
| reference | Kroonen 2013 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 (ID: 33639) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Internal cognates | |
| language | Old English | |
| lexeme 1 | lang, long | |
| lexeme 2 | lencten | |
| meaning 1 | long (period of time) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | spring (season) | |
| reference | Bosworth, Toller Kroonen 2013 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 (ID: 33642) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Internal cognates | |
| language | Old High German | |
| lexeme 1 | lang | |
| lexeme 2 | lenzo, lengizin, lenzin, lenz | |
| meaning 1 | long (period of time) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | spring (season) | |
| reference | Kroonen 2013 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 (ID: 33640) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Internal cognates | |
| language | Old Saxon | |
| lexeme 1 | lang, long | |
| lexeme 2 | lentin | |
| meaning 1 | long (period of time) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | spring (season) | |
| reference | Kroonen 2013 | |
| comment | ||
Proto-West Germanic *langatīn 'spring' from *lang 'long' + *tīn 'day', because the days become longer again in spring.