Meaning 21.23: the witness

Semantic field:	Law
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 :	0.58
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 :	0.81
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 :	0.77

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	baq'ərənnu		2. probably borrowed	0.75	0.50	0.75
6	Tarifiyt Berber	ššahəđ		1. clearly borrowed	1.00	1.00	1.00	ššahəd ( Arabic (Moroccan) ) šāhid ( Classical Arabic )
15	Bezhta	nüʔ		1. clearly borrowed	1.00	0.90	1.00	nuʕ ( Avar )
12	Dutch	getuige		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	0.50
13	English	witness		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	0.50
3	Gawwada	nakaaše		1. clearly borrowed	1.00	0.70	1.00	naqaashii ( Oromo )
4	Hausa	shâidáa		1. clearly borrowed	1.00	1.00	1.00	šahīd ( Arabic )
30	Hawaiian	hō`ike pa`a		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	0.90	0.50
37	Imbabura Quechua	tistigu		1. clearly borrowed	1.00	0.70	1.00	testigo ( Spanish )
27	Indonesian	saksi		1. clearly borrowed	1.00	1.00	1.00	sakṣī(n) ( Sanskrit )
2	Iraqw	lamabu'uusmoo		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	0.50	0.50
21	Japanese	shōnin (2)	証人	1. clearly borrowed	1.00	1.00	0.50	zhèngrén ( Chinese )
21	Japanese	mokugekisha	目撃者	2. probably borrowed	0.75	0.80	0.50	mùjízhĕ ( Chinese )
38	Kali'na	enenenɨnpo		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	0.50	0.50
5	Kanuri	shàdàmá		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	0.50	šahīd ( Arabic )
14	Kildin Saami	sviet’el	све̄тел	1. clearly borrowed	1.00	0.50	1.00	svidétel’ ( Russian )
10	Lower Sorbian	znank		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	0.50
28	Malagasy	vavolombèlona		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	0.50	0.50
22	Mandarin Chinese	zheng4ren2	证人	5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	0.50	0.50
41	Mapudungun	testiku		1. clearly borrowed	1.00	0.90	1.00	testigo ( Spanish )
11	Old High German	urkundo		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	0.50
35	Otomi	ungu̲makwäni		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	0.50	0.50
34	Q'eqchi'	testiig		1. clearly borrowed	1.00	0.90	1.00	testigo ( Spanish )
8	Romanian	martor		1. clearly borrowed	1.00	1.00	1.00	martyr ( Greek )
19	Sakha	tuohu		2. probably borrowed	0.75	1.00	1.00	tuɣuʤi (Literary Mongolian) ( Mongolic )
19	Sakha	kerehit		2. probably borrowed	0.75	1.00	1.00	gereči (Literary Mongolian) ( Mongolic )
36	Saramaccan	kotóígima		1. clearly borrowed	1.00	0.90	0.50	kotoigi ( Sranan ) getuigen ( Dutch )
9	Selice Romani	tanú		1. clearly borrowed	1.00	0.90	1.00	tanú ( Hungarian ) *tanuq ( Turkic )
7	Seychelles Creole	temwen		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	0.90	1.00
1	Swahili	shahidi		1. clearly borrowed	1.00	1.00	1.00	šahīd ( Arabic )
23	Thai	phayaan	พยาน	2. probably borrowed	0.75	0.50	1.00
33	Zinacantán Tzotzil	reshtiko		1. clearly borrowed	1.00	0.50	1.00	testigo ( Spanish )
24	Vietnamese	người chứng kiến		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	0.50
25	White Hmong	tus pov thawj		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	0.50	0.50
40	Wichí	testiwu		1. clearly borrowed	1.00	0.70	1.00	testigo ( Spanish )
32	Yaqui	tejtiiko		1. clearly borrowed	1.00	0.90	1.00	testigo ( Spanish )