tyke的词源

英文词源

tyke (n.)

late 14c., "cur, mongrel," from a Scandinavian source akin to Old Norse tik "bitch," from Proto-Germanic *tikk- (cognates: Middle Low German tike). Also applied in Middle English to a low-bred or lazy man. The meaning "child" is from 1902, though the word was used in playful reproof from 1894. As a nickname for a Yorkshireman, from c. 1700; "Perhaps originally opprobrious; but now accepted and owned" [OED].

中文词源

tyke：母狗，野孩子，熊孩子

来自中古英语 tyke,来自古诺斯语 tik,母狗。后用于指表现不太好的孩子，如令人生厌的熊孩 子。

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