Database of Semantic Shifts in numbers and figures

Overview Dynamics

Basic info
Semantic Shifts	10204
Realizations of Semantic shifts	47341
Average number of realizations per shift	4.64
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	2215
Number of unique meanings	4909
including:
unique source meanings	2796
unique target meanings	3658

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 Shifts: Each semantic shift is counted once, regardless of how many realizations it has.

#	Source Taxon		Target Taxon	Realizations
▶ 1	Animals	→	Animals	1302
	Animals	→	Animals	308
	Animals. Mammals	→	Animals	137
	Animals	→	Animals. Mammals	115
	Animals. Mammals	→	Animals. Mammals	96
	Animals	→	Animals. Birds	74
▶ 2	Human Beings	→	Human Beings	1069
	Human Beings	→	Human Beings	267
	Human Beings. Kinship	→	Human Beings	165
	Human Beings	→	Human Beings. Kinship	125
	Human Beings. Kinship	→	Human Beings. Kinship	98
	Human Beings	→	Human Beings. Social Status	50
▶ 3	Plants	→	Plants	613
	Plants	→	Plants	141
	Plants. Trees and Shrubs	→	Plants	66
	Plants. Trees and Shrubs	→	Plants. Trees and Shrubs	56
	Plants. Cultivated Plants	→	Plants	54
	Plants	→	Plants. Cultivated Plants	53
▶ 4	Artifacts	→	Artifacts	542
	Artifacts	→	Artifacts	180
	Artifacts. Weapons	→	Artifacts	34
	Artifacts	→	Artifacts. Tools	30
	Artifacts	→	Artifacts. Game Accessories	28
	Artifacts. Tools	→	Artifacts	28
▶ 5	Physical Properties	→	Physical Properties	412
	Physical Properties	→	Physical Properties	160
	Physical Properties. Size	→	Physical Properties	45
	Physical Properties	→	Physical Properties. Sound	26
	Physical Properties	→	Physical Properties. Size	24
	Physical Properties. Colour	→	Physical Properties	23
▶ 6	Body Parts	→	Parts	333
	Body Parts	→	Parts	138
	Body Parts	→	Parts. Parts of Artifacts	82
	Body Parts	→	Parts. Parts of Plants	43
	Body Parts. Animal Body Parts	→	Parts	22
	Body Parts	→	Parts. Parts of Buildings	18
▶ 7	Human Beings	→	Animals	316
	Human Beings	→	Animals	83
	Human Beings. Professions	→	Animals	26
	Human Beings	→	Animals. Birds	25
	Human Beings. Social Status	→	Animals	24
	Human Beings	→	Animals. Arthropods	23
▶ 8	Animals	→	Plants	270
	Animals	→	Plants	60
	Animals	→	Plants. Herbaceous Plants	36
	Animals. Mammals	→	Plants	24
	Animals	→	Plants. Mushrooms	19
	Animals. Arthropods	→	Plants	11
▶ 9	Body Parts	→	Body Parts	269
	Body Parts	→	Body Parts	174
	Body Parts	→	Body Parts. Animal Body Parts	46
	Body Parts. Animal Body Parts	→	Body Parts	36
	Body Parts. Animal Body Parts	→	Body Parts. Animal Body Parts	13
▶ 10	Animals	→	Human Beings	236
	Animals	→	Human Beings	69
	Animals. Mammals	→	Human Beings	25
	Animals	→	Human Beings. Social Status	23
	Animals. Domestic Animals	→	Human Beings	14
	Animals. Birds	→	Human Beings	13
▶ 11	Physical Properties	→	Human Qualities	222
	Physical Properties	→	Human Qualities	144
	Physical Properties. Shape	→	Human Qualities	23
	Physical Properties. Size	→	Human Qualities	16
	Physical Properties. Temperature	→	Human Qualities	13
	Physical Properties. Colour	→	Human Qualities	13
▶ 12	Artifacts	→	Animals	216
	Artifacts	→	Animals	62
	Artifacts. Tools	→	Animals	22
	Artifacts	→	Animals. Invertebrates	18
	Artifacts	→	Animals. Arthropods	17
	Artifacts. Weapons	→	Animals	11
▶ 13	Physical Properties	→	Evaluation	193
	Physical Properties	→	Evaluation	120
	Physical Properties. Shape	→	Evaluation	19
	Physical Properties. Size	→	Evaluation	18
	Physical Properties. Colour	→	Evaluation	16
	Physical Properties. Light	→	Evaluation	10
▶ 14	Physical Properties	→	Animals	189
	Physical Properties	→	Animals	46
	Physical Properties. Colour	→	Animals	29
	Physical Properties	→	Animals. Mammals	14
	Physical Properties	→	Animals. Birds	14
	Physical Properties. Colour	→	Animals. Mammals	12
▶ 15	Body Parts	→	Artifacts	188
	Body Parts	→	Artifacts	82
	Body Parts. Animal Body Parts	→	Artifacts	23
	Body Parts	→	Artifacts. Tools	16
	Body Parts	→	Artifacts. Clothes and Footwear	10
	Body Parts	→	Artifacts. Weapons	10
▶ 16	Time	→	Time	182
	Time	→	Time	76
	Time	→	Time. Months	27
	Time. Seasons	→	Time	23
	Time. Seasons	→	Time. Months	14
	Time. Parts of the day	→	Time	9
▶ 17	Animals	→	Artifacts	178
	Animals	→	Artifacts	46
	Animals. Birds	→	Artifacts	15
	Animals. Domestic Animals	→	Artifacts	11
	Animals	→	Artifacts. Devices	10
	Animals	→	Artifacts. Game Accessories	9
▶ 18	Body Parts	→	Geography	174
	Body Parts	→	Geography	72
	Body Parts	→	Geography. Terrain	42
	Body Parts	→	Geography. Coastal Landforms	17
	Body Parts	→	Geography. Water bodies	16
	Body Parts. Animal Body Parts	→	Geography	12
▶ 19	Physical Actions	→	Physical Actions	172
	Physical Actions	→	Physical Actions	172
▶ 20	Physical Actions	→	Social Actions and Relations	165
	Physical Actions	→	Social Actions and Relations	165