to crucify
→
to hang (tr.)
2 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Semantic evolution | |
| language | Irish Gaelic | |
| lexeme | croch | |
| meaning 1 | cross | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | gallows; hook, hanger | |
| reference | Ó Dónaill 1977 | |
| comment | As a verb croch 'to hang; raise up; lift, carry' |
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| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Semantic evolution | |
| language | Old Irish | |
| lexeme | crochaid | |
| meaning 1 | to crucify | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to hang (tr.) | |
| reference | eDIL | |
| comment | Scottish Gaelic croch 'to hang, suspend', 'to depend' |
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Also Old English hengen 'hanging', 'that on which one is hung or hanged (e.g. gibbet, gallows, cross, etc.)'