英语词汇jager的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	jager
词源	jager n. also jaeger, "German sharpshooter," 1776, from German Jäger, literally "huntsman," from jagen "to hunt," from Old High German jagon, related to Old Frisian jagia, Dutch jagen "to hunt," Old Norse jaga "to drive, to move to and fro" (see yacht (n.)). Applied to riflemen and sharpshooters in the German and Austrian armies. Englished as yager, yaeger from 1804. Entries linking to jager yacht n. 1550s, yeaghe "a light, fast-sailing ship," from Norwegian jaght or early Dutch jaght, both from Middle Low German jacht, shortened form of jachtschip "fast pirate ship," literally "ship for chasing," from jacht "chase," from jagen "to chase, hunt," from Old High German jagon, from Proto-Germanic yago-, from PIE root yek- (2) "to hunt" (source also of Hittite ekt- "hunting net"). Related: Yachting; yachtsman. updated on September 27, 2017
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