sturgeon的词源
英文词源
- sturgeon (n.)
- c. 1300, from Anglo-French sturgeon, Old French esturjon, from Frankish *sturjo- or another Germanic source, from Proto-Germanic *sturjon- (cognates: Old High German sturio "sturgeon," Old English styria). Cognate with Lithuanian ersketras, Russian osetr "sturgeon;" the whole group is of obscure origin, perhaps from a lost pre-Indo-European tongue of northern Europe, or from the root of stir (v.). Medieval Latin sturio, Italian storione, Spanish esturion are Germanic loan-words.
中文词源
来自中古英语 sturgiun,鲟鱼,来自古法语 esturgeon,鲟鱼,来自 Proto-Germanic*sturjo,鲟鱼, 可能来自 PIE*stwer,旋转,转动,词源同 stir,turn.其词义演变可能是因为这种鱼在水底沙质 层搅拌觅食而得名。
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