quoth的词源

英文词源

quoth

quoth: see bequeath

quoth (v.)

Old English cwæð, third person singular past tense of cweðan "to say, speak; name, call; declare, proclaim" (Middle English quethan), from Proto-Germanic *kwithan (cognates: Old Saxon quethan, Old Norse kveða, Old Frisian quetha, Old High German quedan, Gothic qiþan), from PIE root *gwet- "to say, speak" (see bequeath). Compare also archaic quotha "said he" (1510s) for Old English cwæðe ge "think you?"

中文词源

quoth：说过

来自古英语cwaeth,说过，声称，声明，来自PIE*gwet,说，词源同bequeath.

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