EuroHiT/Meaning

Definition of the Concept: The 'meaning' (of a word, sentence, etc., in part also of an action) is expressed by derivs. of words for 'sign, point out, explain', and by words meaning primarily 'reason, thought, sense, understanding, intention, power, force, value, inwardness', etc., all of obvious application (Buck).

Catalan

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Croatian

History of Forms

No.	Variants of Lexical Type	Chronological Data	Distribution	Origin	Sources
1	značenje	...	general	...	Buck
2	smisao	...	general	...	Buck
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Czech

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No.	Variants of Lexical Type	Chronological Data	Distribution	Origin	Sources
1	smysl	...	general	...	Buck
2	význam	...	general	...	Buck
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Danish

History of Forms

No.	Variants of Lexical Type	Chronological Data	Distribution	Origin	Sources
1	betydning	...	orig. 'explanation, interpretation'	fr. vb. betyde	Buck
2	mening	...	orig. 'opinion, intention'	fr. Dan. mene 'have an opinion, mean, think'	Buck
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Dutch

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No.	Variants of Lexical Type	Chronological Data	Distribution	Origin	Sources
1	beteeknis	...	general	...	Buck
2	zin	...	orig. 'sense', as 'meaning'	perh. by semantic borrowing fr. Lat. sēnsus, or Fr. sens	Buck
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English

History of Forms

No.	Variants of Lexical Type	Chronological Data	Distribution	Origin	Sources
1	meaning	since OE mœnan	general; 'intend, have an opinion', ME mening	...	Buck
2	sense	only NE	general	< Fr. sens < Lat. sēnsus 'sense, feeling', as 'meaning' mostly poet. and post-Aug	Buck
3	tācnung	OE, ME tokening	only OE	...	Buck
4	andgit	only OE	only OE; 'understanding, sense', also 'meaning'	...	Buck

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Estonian

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Finnish

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French

History of Forms

No.	Variants of Lexical Type	Chronological Data	Distribution	Origin	Sources
1	sens	...	general	< Lat. sēnsus 'sense, feeling', as 'meaning' mostly poet. and post-Aug.	Buck
2	signification	...	general	< Lat. significātiō, fr. significāre 'point out, signify' and 'mean', cpd. of Lat. signum 'sign'	Buck
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Frisian

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German

History of Forms

No.	Variants of Lexical Type	Chronological Data	Distribution	Origin	Sources
1	bedeutung	since OHG diot(a); MHG (be)diuten id., orig. 'put into the language of the people'	general; orig. 'explanation, interpretation'	...	Buck
2	sinn	since MHE sin	general	...	Buck
3	bezeichnung	since OHG zeichnunga, ME '(be)zeichenunge, bezeichenheit, bezeichenisse	since OHG	fr. OE tācnian 'be a sign of, signify, mean'	Buck

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Hungarian

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Irish

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No.	Variants of Lexical Type	Chronological Data	Distribution	Origin	Sources
1	brīgh	...	'power, force', also 'meaning'	...	Buck
2	ciall	since Ir. cīall	'intelligence, reason', also 'meaning'	...	Buck
3	inne	only Ir.	only Ir.	< Lat. endo, indu, ind- 'in'	Buck

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Italian

History of Forms

No.	Variants of Lexical Type	Chronological Data	Distribution	Origin	Sources
1	significato	...	general	< Lat. significātiō, fr. significāre 'point out, signify' and 'mean', cpd. of Lat. signum 'sign'	Buck
2	senso	...	general	< Lat. sēnsus 'sense, feeling', as 'meaning' mostly poet. and post-Aug.	Buck
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Ladin

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Latvian

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Lithuanian

History of Forms

No.	Variants of Lexical Type	Chronological Data	Distribution	Origin	Sources
1	reikšmė	...	general	...	Buck
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Maltese

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Norwegian

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Occitan

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Polish

History of Forms

No.	Variants of Lexical Type	Chronological Data	Distribution	Origin	Sources
1	znaczenie	...	general	...	Buck
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Portuguese

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Rumantsch

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Slovak

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Slovenian

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Spanish

History of Forms

No.	Variants of Lexical Type	Chronological Data	Distribution	Origin	Sources
1	significado (or -ación)	...	general	< Lat. significātiō, fr. significāre 'point out, signify' and 'mean', cpd. of Lat. signum 'sign'	Buck
2	sentido	...	general	< Lat. sēnsus 'sense, feeling', as 'meaning' mostly poet. and post-Aug.	Buck
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Swedish

History of Forms

No.	Variants of Lexical Type	Chronological Data	Distribution	Origin	Sources
1	betydelse	...	general	...	Buck
2	mening	...	general	...	Buck
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