英语词汇pontic的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	pontic
词源	Pontic adj. "of, found in, or pertaining to the Black Sea," 1550s, from Latin Ponticus, from Greek Pontikos, from Pontos "the Black Sea and the regions around it," literally "the sea," from a variant of the PIE root pent- "to tread, go" that also produced Latin pons (genitive pontis) "bridge, passage;" see find (v.). Entries linking to pontic* find v. Old English findan "come upon, meet with; discover; obtain by search or study" (class III strong verb; past tense fand, past participle funden), from Proto-Germanic findan "to come upon, discover" (source also of Old Saxon findan, Old Frisian finda, Old Norse finna, Middle Dutch vinden, Old High German findan, German finden, Gothic finþan), originally "to come upon." The Germanic word is from PIE root pent- "to tread, go" (source also of Old High German fendeo "pedestrian;" Sanskrit panthah "path, way;" Avestan panta "way;" Greek pontos "open sea," patein "to tread, walk;" Latin pons (genitive pontis) "bridge;" Old Church Slavonic pǫti "path," pęta "heel;" Russian put' "path, way;" Armenian hun "ford," Old Prussian pintis "road"). The prehistoric sense development in Germanic would be from "to go" to "to find (out)," but Boutkan has serious doubts about this. Germanic -th- in English tends to become -d- after -n-. The change in the Germanic initial consonant is from Grimm's Law. To find out* "to discover by scrutiny" is from 1550s (Middle English had a verb, outfinden, "to find out," c. 1300). updated on August 28, 2020
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Pontic adj.

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