whet的词源

英文词源

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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

whet:磨,刺激

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.

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whet:磨,刺激

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.