英语词汇whortleberry的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

whortleberry. Whortleberry originated as the dialect form of hurtleberry in southwestern England. Hurtleberry, however, re- mains a mystery etymologically speaking, though there have been attempts to link the hurt in the word to the fact that the blue berry could resemble a small black and blue mark or “hurt,” on a person’s body. Both words refer to the berry Vac- cinium myrtillus of the blueberry family, and our word huckle- berry probably derives from hurtleberry—which makes Mark Twain’s famous character, perhaps aptly, “Hurt” Finn.

词汇	whortleberry
词源	whortleberry. Whortleberry originated as the dialect form of hurtleberry in southwestern England. Hurtleberry, however, re- mains a mystery etymologically speaking, though there have been attempts to link the hurt in the word to the fact that the blue berry could resemble a small black and blue mark or “hurt,” on a person’s body. Both words refer to the berry Vac- cinium myrtillus of the blueberry family, and our word huckle- berry probably derives from hurtleberry—which makes Mark Twain’s famous character, perhaps aptly, “Hurt” Finn.
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