sinew的词源

英文词源

sinew (n.)

Old English seonowe, oblique form of nominative sionu "sinew," from Proto-Germanic *senawo (cognates: Old Saxon sinewa, Old Norse sina, Old Frisian sine, Middle Dutch senuwe, Dutch zenuw, Old High German senawa, German Sehne), from PIE root *sai- "to tie, bind" (cognates: Sanskrit snavah "sinew," Avestan snavar, Irish sin "chain").

中文词源

sinew：肌腱，关键，要害

来自古英语 sinu,肌腱，跟键，神经，来自 Proto-Germanic*sinwo,肌腱，来自 PIE*sne,编织， 织线，词源同 snood,needle,nerve.引申比喻义关键，要害等。

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