coracle的词源

英文词源

coracle (n.)

"round boat of wicker, coated with skins," 1540s (the thing is described, but not named, in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle from 9c.), from Welsh corwgl, from corwg, cognate with Gaelic curachan, Middle Irish curach "boat," which probably is the source of Middle English currock "coracle" (mid-15c.). The name is perhaps from the hides that cover it (see corium).

中文词源

coracle：科拉科尔小艇

来自PIE*sker,砍，切，词源同carnal, shear.本指剥下来铺在小艇上的动物毛皮，后用于船名。

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