ransack的词源

英文词源

ransack

ransack: [13] Ransack means etymologically ‘search a house’. It was borrowed from Old Norse rannsaka, a compound verb formed from rann ‘house’ (a relative of Old English ærn ‘house’, which underlies English barn) and -saka ‘search’ (a relative of English seek). A now defunct derivative was ransackle or ranshackle, from which we get modern English ramshackle [19].
=> barn, ramshackle, seek

ransack (v.)

mid-13c., from a Scandinavian source akin to Old Norse rannsaka "to pillage," literally "search the house" (especially legally, for stolen goods), from rann "house," from Proto-Germanic *raznan (c.f. Gothic razn, Old English ærn "house;" see barn) + saka "to search," related to Old Norse soekja "seek" (see seek). Sense influenced by sack (v.). Related: Ransacked; ransacking.

中文词源

ransack：彻底搜索；洗劫

barn（谷仓）分两部分，bar-和-arn，其中bar-和barley（大麦）同源，-arn来自古英语“房屋”；字面义“储存大麦的房屋”。关于-arn，再如saltern（盐厂）中的-ern，及ransack中的ran-，不过发生了变形；-sack和seek（寻找）同源；字面义“搜索屋子”。

该词的英语词源请访问找单词词源英文版：ransack 词源，ransack 含义。

ransack：洗劫

来自古诺斯语 ransakka,入室抢劫，来自 rann,屋子，房屋，词源同 barn,saka,搜寻，翻找，词 源同 seek.