Meaning 17.42: the cause

Typical context: What was the cause of the accident?
Semantic field: Cognition
Semantic category: Noun
Borrowed score
Borrowed score

This gives the average borrowed score of all words corresponding to this meaning. The following borrowed scores are assigned to words depending on the degree of likelihood of borrowing:

 
score
1. clearly borrowed
1.00
2. probably borrowed
0.75
3. perhaps borrowed
0.50
4. very little evidence for borrowing
0.25
5. no evidence for borrowing
0.00

:		 0.49
Age score
Age score

This gives the average age score of all words corresponding to this meaning. The following age scores are assigned to words depending on the estaimated age of their age class:

 
score
1. first attested or reconstructed earlier than 1000
1.00
2. earlier than 1500
0.90
3. earlier than 1800
0.80
4. earlier than 1900
0.70
5. earlier than 1950
0.60
6. earlier than 2007
0.50

:		 0.79
Simplicity score
Simplicity score

This gives the average simplicity score of all words corresponding to this meaning. The following simplicity scores are assigned to words depending on their analyzability:

 
score
1. unanalyzable
1.00
2. semi-analyzable
0.75
3. analyzable
0.50

:		 0.87
Counterpart words in the World Loanword Database
Voc. ID Vocabulary Word Form Original Script Borrowed status Borrowed score Age score Simplicity score Source Words
16 Archi šart' 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.80 1.00
6 Tarifiyt Berber řəsƀaƀ 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
15 Bezhta illa 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
ʕilla ( Avar )
12 Dutch oorzaak 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 0.75
12 Dutch reden 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
13 English cause 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
causa ( Latin )
3 Gawwada mekinnate 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.70 1.00
4 Hausa dàlíilìi 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
30 Hawaiian kumu (2) 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
39 Hup hicéʔ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.75
37 Imbabura Quechua kawza 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.70 1.00
27 Indonesian sebab 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
21 Japanese gen’in 原因 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.80 0.50
21 Japanese moto 元 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
5 Kanuri dàlíl 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
14 Kildin Saami pričen’ приченҍ 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.50 1.00
10 Lower Sorbian pśicyna 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.70 1.00
10 Lower Sorbian grunt 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
10 Lower Sorbian zawina 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
28 Malagasy fòtotra 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
28 Malagasy antòny 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.75
28 Malagasy nihavìany 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
22 Mandarin Chinese yuan2yin1 原因 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
11 Old High German mahhunga 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
35 Otomi ndui 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.60 1.00
35 Otomi ndu’mi 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.60 1.00
35 Otomi mfuti 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.60 1.00
35 Otomi 'yu 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.60 1.00
35 Otomi ir nge 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
34 Q'eqchi' b'aan 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
8 Romanian cauză 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.80 1.00
causa ( Latin )
8 Romanian motiv 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.80 1.00
19 Sakha törüöt 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
19 Sakha sɨltaχ 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
36 Saramaccan báka u dí wóto 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 0.50
7 Seychelles Creole lakoz 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.80 1.00
1 Swahili sababu 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
29 Takia -gane, -ga 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
23 Thai sǎahèet สาเหตุ 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.50 1.00
24 Vietnamese nguyên nhân 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 0.50
25 White Hmong hauv paus 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
40 Wichí mak toj tamenej 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.80 0.50
32 Yaqui inie betchi’ibo 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.70 0.50