英语词汇hilt的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	hilt
词源	hilt n. Old English hilt "hilt, handle of a sword or dagger," from Proto-Germanic helt (source also of Old Norse hjalt, Old High German helza "hilt," Old Saxon helta "oar handle"), of uncertain origin, possibly from PIE root kel- "to strike, cut" (see holt). Formerly also used in plural in same sense as singular. Up to the hilts "completely" is from 1670s. Entries linking to hilt holt n. Old English holt "woods, forest, grove, thicket," common in place names, from Proto-Germanic hultam- (source also of Old Frisian, Old Norse, Middle Dutch holt, Dutch hout, German Holz "a wood, wood as timber"), from PIE kldo- (source also of Old Church Slavonic klada "beam, timber;" Russian koloda, Lithuanian kalada "block of wood, log;" Greek klados "twig;" Old Irish caill "wood"), from root *kel- "to strike, cut." updated on December 13, 2017
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