hearken
/ˈhɑːk(ə)n//ˈhɑrkən/
- vi.
- 倾听
中文释义来自 ECDICT
构词拆解
- -en
- (no longer productive) Denotes the past participle form when attached to a verb. · (archaic) Denotes a quasi-past participle or participle-like adjective when attached to a noun or verb.
词源链
- 原始日耳曼语Proto-Germanic
词源说明
From Middle English herknen (“to listen (attentively); to pay attention, take heed”) [and other forms], from Old English hercnian, heorcnian, hyrcnian, from *heorcian (“to hark”) infixed with -n-, from Proto-West Germanic *hauʀijan, from Proto-Germanic *hauzijaną (“to hear”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ḱh₂owsyéti (“to be sharp-eared, hear well”), from *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”) + *h₂ṓws (“ear”) + *-yéti (denominative suffix), thus equivalent to hark + -en.
The spelling of the English word was probably influenced by hear; a similarly analogical pronunciation existed in Early Modern English.