layman
→
warrior
2 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Irish Gaelic | |
| lexeme | laoch | |
| meaning 1 | (literary) layman | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | warrior, hero | |
| reference | Ó Dónaill 1977 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Old Irish | |
| lexeme | láech | |
| meaning 1 | layman | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | warrior | |
| reference | eDIL | |
| comment | Borrowed from Late Latin lāicus 'lay, layman, laic', from Ancient Greek λαϊκός 'of the people', from λαός 'the people'. The sense warrior may be from Proto-Celtic *lāyko- (Matasović, 2009). Scottish Gailic Scottish Gaelic laoch 'hero, champion, warrior' |
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