brandy的词源

英文词源

brandy

brandy: [17] English acquired the word for this distilled spirit from Dutch brandewijn, and at first altered and translated it minimally to brandewine. Soon however this became brandy wine, and by the mid-17th century the abbreviated brandy was in common use. The Dutch compound meant ‘distilled wine’, from branden, which denoted ‘distil’ as well as ‘burn’ (it was a derivative of brand ‘fire’, cognate with English brand).
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brandy (n.)

1650s, abbreviation of brandywine (1620s) from Dutch brandewijn "burnt wine," so called because it is distilled (compare German cognate Branntwein and Czech palenka "brandy," from paliti "to burn"). The Brandywine Creek in Pennsylvania, site of a Revolutionary War battle, supposedly so named by the Dutch for the color of its waters.

中文词源

brandy（白兰地）：葡萄酒蒸馏浓缩后制成的烧酒

13世纪那些到法国沿海运盐的荷兰船只将法国干邑地区盛产的葡萄酒运至北海沿岸国家，这些葡萄酒深受欢迎。约在16世纪中叶，为便于葡萄酒的出口，减少海运的船舱占用空间及大批出口所需缴纳的税金，同时也为避免因长途运输发生的葡萄酒变质现象，干邑镇的酒商把葡萄酒加以蒸馏浓缩后出口，然后输入国的厂家再按比例兑水稀释出售。这种把葡萄酒加以蒸馏后制成的酒即为早期的法国白兰地。当时，荷兰人称这种酒为“brandewijn”，在英语中拼写为brandywine，字面意思是“燃烧的葡萄酒”（Burnt Wine）。英语单词brandy就是brandywine的缩写。

brandy：['brændɪ] n.白兰地酒

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brandy：白兰地

缩写自brandywine. brandy, 词源同brand, 燃烧。wine, 酒。

brandy：白兰地

据传，从前有一位荷兰船主将葡萄酒进行浓缩以便运输，打算到家时再重新兑水，但浓缩的饮料竟然意外地受到欢迎。一种新酒就这样产生了，荷兰语叫brandewijn，字面义为“烧过的酒，用蒸馏法制成的酒”。这种酒于16世纪开始商品生产，传入英国后，称作brandewine，随后演变为brandywine．到了17世纪中期该词又被截短为brandy，汉语将它音译为“白兰地”。

brandy：白兰地

“白兰地”是一种用葡萄、苹果等发酵蒸馏制成的、含酒精量较高的酒。Brandy，音译做“白兰地”，是brandywine的简写，来自荷兰语brandewijn，是由branden（烧）和wijn（酒）合成的词，意即“烧制或蒸馏而成的酒。”

brandy：白兰地酒

英语从荷兰语brandewijn(蒸馏酒)得到brandy wine这个词汇,到17世纪中简化为brandy。荷兰语brandewijn(蒸馏酒)是复合词,其中的branden有“蒸馏”和“燃烧”的语义,和英语brand是同源词。

词根词缀： brand蒸馏 + -y名词词尾

同源词：brand, burn, broil