flax的词源

英文词源

flax (n.)

Old English fleax "flax plant; cloth made with flax, linen," from Proto-Germanic *flakhsan (cognates: Old Frisian flax, Middle Dutch and Dutch vlas, Old Saxon flas, Old High German flahs, German Flachs), probably from Proto-Germanic base *fleh- "to plait," corresponding to PIE *plek- "to weave, to plait" (see ply (v.1)). But some connect it with PIE *pleik- (see flay) from the notion of "stripping" fiber to prepare it.

中文词源

flax：黄麻

来自PIE*plek, 转，编织，词源同ply, complicate. 用来指纺织材料黄麻。或来自PIE*pleik, 撕，剥，词源同flay. 用来指剥下来的黄麻皮。

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