deficiency, lack
→
to need
3 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | French | |
| lexeme 1 | faute | |
| lexeme 2 | il faut | |
| meaning 1 | deficiency | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to be necessary | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Semantic evolution | |
| language 1 | Middle English | |
| language 2 | English | |
| lexeme 1 | wanten | |
| lexeme 2 | to want | |
| meaning 1 | to lack | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to be necessary | The house wants redecoration |
| reference | Harper's Etymonline | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Spanish | |
| lexeme 1 | faltar | |
| lexeme 2 | hace falta | |
| meaning 1 | to be lacking, to lack, to not have | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | it is necessary | |
| reference | DRAE | |
| comment | ||