moldwarp的词源

英文词源

moldwarp (n.)

also mouldwarp, early 14c., moldewarp, from Proto-Germanic *moldo-worpo(n)-, literally "earth-thrower," from to Old English molde "earth, soil" (see mole (n.2) + weorpan "to throw" (see warp (v.)). Common Germanic, compare Old Saxon moldwerp, Dutch mulworp, Norwegian moldvarp, Danish muldvarp, Old High German multwurf, German Maulwurf (influenced by Maul "mouth").

中文词源

moldwarp：欧洲鼹鼠

来自mold,泥土，warp,扔，投掷，纺纱。字面意思即扔土者，用于指欧洲的一种鼹鼠。

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