Database of Semantic Shifts in numbers and figures

Overview Dynamics

Basic info
Semantic Shifts	10170
Realizations of Semantic shifts	47061
Average number of realizations per shift	4.63
Median number of realizations per shift for the total database	2.0
Median number of realizations per shift for Accepted and Single shifts only	4.0
Languages used	2208
Number of unique meanings	4909
including:
unique source meanings	2792
unique target meanings	3656

Distribution of realisation types

Distribution of shifts by Genetic or Areal grouping

Current progress of shifts verification

Languages by Macroarea

Realizations by Macroarea

Top language families by realisation number

Top language groups by realisation number

Top 20 Macro Shifts

By Shifts By Realizations

By Realizations: Each realization adds +1 to the macroshift count (shifts with more realizations weigh more).

#	Source Taxon		Target Taxon	Realizations
▶ 1	Human Beings	→	Human Beings	7998
	Human Beings	→	Human Beings	2328
	Human Beings	→	Human Beings. Kinship	1328
	Human Beings. Kinship	→	Human Beings	933
	Human Beings. Age	→	Human Beings	551
	Human Beings. Kinship	→	Human Beings. Kinship	474
▶ 2	Animals	→	Animals	6154
	Animals	→	Animals	1413
	Animals. Mammals	→	Animals	653
	Animals	→	Animals. Mammals	557
	Animals. Mammals	→	Animals. Mammals	468
	Animals	→	Animals. Arthropods	306
▶ 3	Body Parts	→	Body Parts	2586
	Body Parts	→	Body Parts	1678
	Body Parts	→	Body Parts. Animal Body Parts	518
	Body Parts. Animal Body Parts	→	Body Parts	249
	Body Parts. Animal Body Parts	→	Body Parts. Animal Body Parts	141
▶ 4	Artifacts	→	Artifacts	2290
	Artifacts	→	Artifacts	750
	Artifacts. Weapons	→	Artifacts	140
	Artifacts	→	Artifacts. Game Accessories	109
	Artifacts	→	Artifacts. Tools	93
	Artifacts. Tools	→	Artifacts	91
▶ 5	Plants	→	Plants	2180
	Plants	→	Plants	533
	Plants. Cultivated Plants	→	Plants	277
	Plants	→	Plants. Cultivated Plants	230
	Plants. Cultivated Plants	→	Plants. Cultivated Plants	225
	Plants. Trees and Shrubs	→	Plants	191
▶ 6	Physical Properties	→	Physical Properties	1913
	Physical Properties	→	Physical Properties	741
	Physical Properties. Size	→	Physical Properties	247
	Physical Properties. Colour	→	Physical Properties	143
	Physical Properties	→	Physical Properties. Size	127
	Physical Properties	→	Physical Properties. Sound	110
▶ 7	Astronomical Objects	→	Time	1816
	Astronomical Objects	→	Time	1143
	Astronomical Objects	→	Time. Months	492
	Astronomical Objects	→	Time. Days of the week	154
	Astronomical Objects	→	Time. Parts of the day	16
	Astronomical Objects	→	Time. Seasons	11
▶ 8	Body Parts	→	Parts	1629
	Body Parts	→	Parts	747
	Body Parts	→	Parts. Parts of Artifacts	404
	Body Parts	→	Parts. Parts of Plants	236
	Body Parts. Animal Body Parts	→	Parts	72
	Body Parts. Animal Body Parts	→	Parts. Parts of Plants	67
▶ 9	Human Beings	→	Artifacts	1328
	Human Beings	→	Artifacts. Game Accessories	348
	Human Beings	→	Artifacts	336
	Human Beings. Social Status	→	Artifacts. Game Accessories	178
	Human Beings. Social Status	→	Artifacts	168
	Human Beings. Professions	→	Artifacts. Game Accessories	129
▶ 10	Time	→	Time	1255
	Time	→	Time	676
	Time. Parts of the day	→	Time	174
	Time. Seasons	→	Time	108
	Time	→	Time. Months	70
	Time. Days of the week	→	Time	54
▶ 11	Animals	→	Artifacts	1173
	Animals	→	Artifacts	308
	Animals. Domestic Animals	→	Artifacts	123
	Animals	→	Artifacts. Game Accessories	111
	Animals	→	Artifacts. Devices	94
	Animals. Domestic Animals	→	Artifacts. Game Accessories	77
▶ 12	Human Beings	→	Animals	1071
	Human Beings	→	Animals	358
	Human Beings. Social Status	→	Animals	94
	Human Beings	→	Animals. Mammals	74
	Human Beings. Professions	→	Animals	74
	Human Beings	→	Animals. Birds	73
▶ 13	Physical Properties	→	Evaluation	1049
	Physical Properties	→	Evaluation	619
	Physical Properties. Shape	→	Evaluation	216
	Physical Properties. Size	→	Evaluation	110
	Physical Properties. Colour	→	Evaluation	58
	Physical Properties. Light	→	Evaluation	23
▶ 14	Physical Properties	→	Human Qualities	988
	Physical Properties	→	Human Qualities	664
	Physical Properties. Shape	→	Human Qualities	106
	Physical Properties. Temperature	→	Human Qualities	84
	Physical Properties. Light	→	Human Qualities	49
	Physical Properties. Colour	→	Human Qualities	41
▶ 15	Animals	→	Human Beings	944
	Animals	→	Human Beings	319
	Animals. Mammals	→	Human Beings	135
	Animals	→	Human Beings. Social Status	67
	Animals. Domestic Animals	→	Human Beings	65
	Animals. Baby Animals	→	Human Beings	46
▶ 16	Animals	→	Plants	890
	Animals	→	Plants	206
	Animals	→	Plants. Herbaceous Plants	106
	Animals	→	Plants. Mushrooms	77
	Animals. Mammals	→	Plants	68
	Animals. Birds	→	Plants. Herbaceous Plants	53
▶ 17	Perception	→	Cognition	857
	Perception	→	Cognition	434
	Perception. Auditory	→	Cognition	195
	Perception. Visual	→	Cognition	190
	Perception. Gustatory	→	Cognition	28
	Perception. Olfactory	→	Cognition	8
▶ 18	Physical Properties	→	Human Beings	800
	Physical Properties	→	Human Beings	184
	Physical Properties	→	Human Beings. Age	167
	Physical Properties. Size	→	Human Beings	116
	Physical Properties. Size	→	Human Beings. Age	107
	Physical Properties. Colour	→	Human Beings	66
▶ 19	Perception	→	Social Actions and Relations	790
	Perception	→	Social Actions and Relations	391
	Perception. Auditory	→	Social Actions and Relations	245
	Perception. Visual	→	Social Actions and Relations	143
	Perception. Tactile	→	Social Actions and Relations	8
	Perception. Gustatory	→	Social Actions and Relations	3
▶ 20	Substances and Materials	→	Substances and Materials	744
	Substances and Materials	→	Substances and Materials	744