英语词汇anglian的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	anglian
词源	Anglian adj. "of the Angles; of East Anglia," 1726; see Angle. The Old English word was Englisc, but as this came to be used in reference to the whole Germanic people of Britain, a new word was wanted to describe this branch of them. Entries linking to anglian angle v.1 "to fish with a hook," mid-15c., from Old English angel (n.) "angle, hook, fish-hook," related to anga "hook," from Proto-Germanic angul-, from PIE ankulo-, suffixed form of root ang-/ank- "to bend" (see angle (n.)). Compare Old English angul, Old Norse öngull, Old High German angul, German Angel "fishhook." The figurative sense "catch or elicit by artful wiles" is recorded from 1580s. Related: Angled; angling. updated on January 09, 2017
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Anglian adj.