tallow的词源

英文词源

tallow (n.)

hard animal fat, used to make soap, candles, etc., mid-14c., talwgh, from a source (perhaps an unrecorded Old English word) cognate with Middle Low German talg "tallow," Middle Dutch talch, from Proto-Germanic *talga-, meaning perhaps originally "firm, compact material" (compare Gothic tulgus "firm, solid"). OED says related Scandinavian words probably are from continental Germanic.

中文词源

tallow：动物油脂

来自古英语 talugh,动物油脂，来自 Proto-Germanic*talgo,流油，来自 PIE*del,流动。

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