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語源 1

From Middle English gnast, knast, from 古期英語 *gnāst (“spark”) (attested in fȳrgnāst (“spark of fire”)), from Proto-Germanic *gahnaistô (“spark”), from Proto-Germanic *ga- + Proto-Germanic *hnaistô (“spark”), perhaps from the ultimate (imitative) source of German knistern (“to crackle”).^[1]

Cognate with German dialectal Ganster (“spark”), Danish gnist (“spark, sparkle”), Swedish gnista (“spark”), Icelandic gneisti, neisti (“spark”), German Gneis (“spark, gneiss”) (whence English gneiss).

名詞

gnast (複数形 gnasts)

1. (obsolete) A spark; a dying or dead spark, as of a snuffed candle.

語源 2

From Middle English gnasten, gnaisten, from 古期英語 *gnǣstan, from Proto-Germanic *gnaistijaną, causative of *gnīstijaną (“to grind”), from Proto-Indo-European *ghneidh-, *gʰneyd- (“to gnaw, scratch, rub”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian knasterje (“to gnash”), German Low German gnatschen (“to knead, gnash”), German knastern (“to gnash”), Icelandic gnesta (“to crack”).

動詞

gnast (三人称単数 現在形 gnasts, 現在分詞 gnasting, 過去形および過去分詞形 gnasted)

1. (transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To gnash.

派生語

• gnasting

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