jager的词源

英文词源

jager (n.)

"German sharpshooter," 1776, from German jäger, literally "huntsman," from jagen "to hunt," from Old High German jagon, related to Old Frisian jagia, Dutch jagen "to hunt," Old Norse jaga "to drive, to move to and fro" (see yacht). Applied to riflemen and sharpshooters in the German and Austrian armies. Englished as yager, yaeger from 1804.

中文词源

jager：猎人，神枪手

来自德语jager,猎人，来自Proto-Germanic*yago,来自PIE*yek,追捕，猎捕，词源同yaw,yacht.

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