swath的词源

英文词源

swath (n.): Old English swæð, swaðu "track, footstep, trace, scar, vestige," from Proto-Germanic *swathan, *swatho (cognates: Old Frisian swethe "boundary made by a scythe," Middle Dutch swade, Dutch zwade, German Schwad "a row of cut grass"); of uncertain origin. Meaning "a mown crop lying on the ground" is from early 14c.; that of "space covered by the single cut of a scythe" emerged late 15c., and that of "a strip, lengthwise extent" is from c. 1600.

来自古英语 swath,足迹，踪迹，小道，小径，来自 Proto-Germanic*swatho,切痕，割痕，可能来自 PIE*swei,砍，切，词源同 sword.后用于指收割的一列庄稼，镰刀切出的小径，以及长条，布条等。

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