chipmunk的词源

英文词源

chipmunk (n.)

1829 (also chitmunk, 1832), from Algonquian, probably Ojibwa ajidamoo (in the Ottawa dialect ajidamoonh) "red squirrel," literally "head first," or "one who descends trees headlong" (containing ajid- "upside down"), probably influenced by English chip and mink. Other early names for it included ground squirrel and striped squirrel.

中文词源

chipmunk：花栗鼠

来自北美土著语，拼写俗化为chip和mink。

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