to swell up
→
puffball
2 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme 1 | puff | |
| lexeme 2 | puffball | |
| meaning 1 | to swell with air; to be dilated or inflated | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | puffball | |
| reference | OED | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Internal cognates | |
| language | Hungarian | |
| lexeme 1 | püffed | |
| lexeme 2 | pöfeteg | |
| meaning 1 | to swell | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | puffball | |
| reference | Zaicz 2006 | |
| comment | First attested around 1525. From an otherwise unattested stem + noun-forming suffix -eteg. The stem is the same as of the verb püffed 'to swell'. The name refers to the mushroom's swollen, puffed-up appearance. |
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