Conceptual metonymy as a process of polysemic extension. ‘Repugnance’ and ‘flight’ in Hittite

The purpose of this paper is to reconsider (expanding and deepening with new data the ideas presented in Pozza 2021) a Hittite etymology to corroborate the hypothesis initially put forward by Kronasser (1952-1953) with the help of the theoretical framework of cognitive linguistics. The specific analysis of the verb pukk- , pugga- „to be repugnant, hateful‟, therefore, will be carried out both under a new interpretation of the original PIE root and in the light of the theoretical issues connected explicitly with conceptual metonymy, capable of motivating semantic change.