scare
中文来自 ECDICT
- n.
- 惊吓，恐慌
- vt.
- 惊吓，使恐慌
- vi.
- 受惊
1词源 1
演变路径（由近及远）
词源说明
From Middle English sker, skere (“terror, fright”), from the verb Middle English skerren (“to frighten”) (see below).
2词源 2
演变路径（由近及远）
- 英语
- 继承自 ←中古英语 scaren
- 源自 ←古诺尔斯语 skirra “to frighten; to shrink away from, shun; to prevent, avert”
- 源自 ←原始日耳曼语 *skirzijaną “to shoo, scare off”
- 源自 ←原始印欧语 *(s)ker- “to swing, jump, move”
词源说明
From Middle English scaren, skaren, scarren, skeren, skerren, from Old Norse skirra (“to frighten; to shrink away from, shun; to prevent, avert”), from Proto-Germanic *skirzijaną (“to shoo, scare off”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to swing, jump, move”). Related to Old Norse skjarr (“timid, shy, afraid of”). Cognate with Scots skar (“wild, timid, shy”), dialectal Norwegian Nynorsk skjerra, dialectal Swedish skjarra and possibly Old Armenian ցիռ (cʻiṙ, “wild ass”), Ancient Greek σκαίρω (skaírō, “to frolic”).