southern
中文来自 ECDICT
- n.
- 南方人，男风
- adj.
- 向南方的，来自南方的
构词拆分
演变路径（由近及远）
- 英语
- 源自 ←中古英语 southerne
- 源自 ←古英语 sūþerne “southern, southerly, coming from the south; of southern make”
- 源自 ←原始日耳曼语 *sunþrōnijaz “southern”
- 源自 ←原始印欧语 *sh₂un-
词源说明
From Middle English southerne, sothern, sutherne, from Old English sūþerne (“southern, southerly, coming from the south; of southern make”), from Proto-Germanic *sunþrōnijaz (“southern”), from Proto-Indo-European *sh₂un-, *sh₂wen-, r/n-stem alternation of *sóh₂wl̥ (“sun”). Cognate with Scots southron, sudron (“southern”), Old Frisian sūthern, sūdern (“southern”), Middle Low German sūdern (“southern”), Middle High German sundern (“southern”), Icelandic suðrænn (“southern, tropical”).