skein的词源

英文词源

skein (n.)

"fixed quantity of yarn doubled over and over and knotted, mid-15c., from Middle French escaigne "a hank of yarn" (Old French escagne, mid-14c., Modern French écagne), of uncertain origin. Compare Medieval Latin scagna "a skein," Irish sgainne "a skein, clue."

中文词源

skein：线或纱的一束，一缕

来自中古英语 skeyne,束，缕，可能来自 PIE*skend,分开，来自 PIE*seg,砍，劈，词源同 segment,section.

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