kilt的词源

英文词源

kilt (n.)

"plaited tartan skirt," c. 1730, from Middle English verb kilten "to tuck up" (mid-14c.), from a Scandinavian source (compare Danish kilte op "to tuck up;" Old Norse kilting "shirt," kjalta "fold made by gathering up to the knees").

kilt (v.)

"to tuck up," mid-14c., of Scandinavian origin; compare Danish kilte, Swedish kilta "to tuck up;" see kilt (n.). Related: Kilted; kilting.

中文词源

kilt：短褶裙

来自中古英语kilten,卷，卷起，来自古诺斯语kilting,褶衫，褶裙。可能来自Proto-Germanic*kelt,子宫，来自PIE*gelt,鼓起的腹部，圆鼓鼓的，词源同child,dolphin.

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