whet的词源
英文词源
- whet (v.)




- Old English hwettan "to whet, sharpen," figuratively "incite, encourage," from Proto-Germanic *hwatjan (cognates: Old Norse hvetja "to sharpen, encourage," Middle Low German, Middle Dutch wetten, Old High German wezzan, German wetzen "to sharpen," Gothic ga-hvatjan "to sharpen, incite"), from PIE root *kwed- "to sharpen" (cognates: Sanskrit codati "incites," literally "sharpens;" Old English hwæt "brave, bold," Old Saxon hwat "sharp").
中文词源
来自古英语hwettan,磨,使锋利,来自PIE*kewd,使锋利,来自PIE*ko的扩大格,词源同cone,cuneiform.
该词的英语词源请访问找单词词源英文版:whet 词源,whet 含义。
来自古英语 hwettan,磨,使锋利,来自 PIE*kewd,使锋利,来自 PIE*ko 的扩大格,词源同 cone,cuneiform.