thong的词源

英文词源

thong

thong: [OE] Etymologically, a thong is something that ‘binds’ up. The word comes from a prehistoric Germanic *thwangg-, which also produced German zwang ‘constraint’. In the Old English period it was thwong; it began to lose its w in the 13th century.

thong (n.)

Old English þwong, þwang "narrow strip of leather" (used as a cord, band, strip, etc.), from Proto-Germanic *thwang- (cognates: Old Norse þvengr), from PIE root *twengh- "to press in on, to restrain" (cognates: Old English twengan "to pinch, squeeze"). As a kind of sandal, first attested 1965; as a kind of bikini briefs, 1990.

中文词源

thong：皮条，皮鞭，丁字裤

来自中古英语 thong, 来自古英语 thwong,皮条， 皮鞭， 来自 Proto-Germanic*thwang, 来自 PIE*twengh,压紧，束缚，可能进一步来自 PIE*dwo,二，双，词源同 two,twist,twinge.词义由 二引申为扭曲，扭紧，束缚等。字母 w 脱落，比较同源词 how,who,when.

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