thistle的词源

英文词源

thistle (n.)

prickly herbaceous plant, Old English þistel, from Proto-Germanic *thistilaz (cognates: Old Saxon thistil, Old High German distil, German Distel, Old Norse þistell, Danish tidsel), of uncertain origin; perhaps from an extended form of PIE root *steig- "to prick, stick, pierce." Emblematic of Scotland since 15c.

中文词源

thistle：蓟（苏格兰民族象征）

一种多刺草本植物，来自古英语 thistel,蓟，来自 Proto-Germanic*thistilaz,刺毛，可能来自 PIE*stei,尖刺，词源同 stick,thorn.-el,小词后缀。

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