crafty
中文来自 ECDICT
- adj.
- 狡诈的，诡计多端的，巧妙的
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演变路径（由近及远）
- 英语
- 继承自 ←中古英语 crafty
- 继承自 ←古英语 cræftiġ “ingenious; skilful; crafty; cunning; virtuous; powerful”
- 继承自 ←原始西日耳曼语 *kraftag
- 继承自 ←原始日耳曼语 *kraftugaz “powerful”
词源说明
From Middle English crafty, crefty, craftiȝ, from Old English cræftiġ (“ingenious; skilful; crafty; cunning; virtuous; powerful”), from Proto-West Germanic *kraftag, *kraftīg, *kraftug, from Proto-Germanic *kraftugaz (“powerful”), equivalent to craft + -y. Cognate with Saterland Frisian kräftich, krääftig, West Frisian krêftich, Dutch krachtig, German Low German krachtig, German kräftig.