wrist的词源
英文词源
- wrist
- wrist: [OE] The wrist is etymologically the ‘twisting’ joint. The word goes back to prehistoric Germanic *wristiz, which also produced German rist ‘instep, wrist’ and Swedish vrist ‘instep, ankle’. This was derived from the base *writh-, whose wr- sound seems originally to have been symbolic of the action of twisting. Variants of the base lie behind English wreath [OE], wrest [OE], and writhe [OE]; and gaiter may be related.
=> wreath, wrest, writhe - wrist (n.)
- Old English wrist, from Proto-Germanic *wristiz (cognates: Old Norse rist "instep," Old Frisian wrist, Middle Dutch wrist, German Rist "back of the hand, instep"), from Proto-Germanic *wreik- "to turn" (see wry). The notion is "the turning joint." Wrist-watch is from 1889. Wrist-band is from 1570s as a part of a sleeve, 1969 as a perspiration absorber.
中文词源
来自PIE*wer,弯，转，拧，词源同wring,wrest,用于指手腕。比较carpal.
该词的英语词源请访问找单词词源英文版：wrist 词源，wrist 含义。
以wr-开头的单词多带有“扭，转”的含义，如writhe（扭曲），wring（拧），wrench（扭伤），wriggle（蠕动，扭动）等，wrist亦是如此，wr-原义为“转，扭”，它其实和词根ver-“转”是同源关系；-ist形似fist（拳头）；二者结合，“拳头赖以转动的地方”即“手腕”。
来自 PIE*wer,弯，转，拧，词源同 wring,wrest.用于指手腕。比较 carpal.
