flay的词源

英文词源

flay (v.)

Old English flean "to skin, to flay" (strong verb, past tense flog, past participle flagen), from Proto-Germanic *flahan (cognates: Middle Dutch vlaen, Old High German flahan, Old Norse fla), from PIE root *pl(e)ik-, *pleik- "to tear, rend" (cognates: Lithuanian plešiu "to tear"). Related: Flayed; flaying.

中文词源

flay：剥皮

来自PIE*pleik, 撕，剥，词源同flesh.比较carnal, corium. 进一步可能PIE*splei, 撕，分开，词源同split, spill.

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