to find out
—
to learn, study
2 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme | to learn | |
| meaning 1 | to find out | I learned from him that she had passed away three years ago. |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | to learn, study | I learn English |
| reference | Merriam-Webster | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Turkish | |
| lexeme | öğrenmek | |
| meaning 1 | to find out, to learn something from somebody | soruşturdum, ama bir şey öğrenemedim I've inquired but learned nothing |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | to learn, study | Türkçe öğreniyorum I'm studying Turkish |
| reference | Baskakov 1977: 699 | |
| comment | In modern language, "to study" is the main meaning. |
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Old English leornian "to get knowledge, be cultivated; study, read, think about," from Proto-Germanic *lisnojanan (cognates: Old Frisian lernia, Middle Dutch leeren, Dutch leren, Old High German lernen, German lernen "to learn," Gothic lais "I know"), with a base sense of "to follow or find the track," from PIE root *lois- "furrow, track." It is related to German Gleis "track," and to Old English læst "sole of the foot" (see last (n.1)).