yew的词源

英文词源

yew (n.)

evergreen tree of temperate Europe and Asia, Old English iw, eow "yew," from Proto-Germanic *iwo- (cognates: Middle Dutch iwe, Dutch ijf, Old High German iwa, German Eibe, Old Norse yr), from PIE *ei-wo- (cognates: Old Irish eo, Welsh ywen "yew"), perhaps a suffixed form of root *ei- (2) "reddish, motley, yellow."

OED says French if, Spanish iva, Medieval Latin ivus are from Germanic (and says Dutch ijf is from French); others posit a Gaulish ivos as the source of these. Lithuanian jeva likewise is said to be from Germanic. The tree symbolizes both death and immortality, being poisonous as well as long-lived. Reference to its wood as well-suited to making bows dates from c. 1400.

中文词源

yew：紫杉

来自古英语iw,来自PIE*ei,红色，棕色，词源同elm,elk。用来指紫杉。

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yew：紫杉

来自古英语 iw,来自 PIE*ei,红色，棕色，词源同 elm,elk.用来指紫杉。