cank英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

Gossip, chatter. UK,countable,dialectal,uncountable
A chat. UK,countable,dialectal,uncountable
A gossip, tell-tale. UK,countable,dialectal,uncountable
The cry of a goose. UK,countable,dialectal,uncountable
A fit of ill-humour. UK,countable,dialectal,uncountable

动词 v.

To gossip, prate, chatter. UK,dialectal

— He said that what he had told me wasn't meant to be repeated again, and I ought not to have gone canking it about, especially to the Rymers theirselves^([sic]); […]
To talk rapidly; gabble. UK,dialectal
To cackle, as geese. UK,dialectal

词形变化

canks plural canks present,singular,third-person canking participle,present canked participle,past canked past

词源

词源 1

From Middle English *cank (compare Middle English cang (“foolish"; also "fool”, adj and noun) > obsolete English cank (“dumb, stupid”)), from Old English canc, ġecanc (“scorn, jeering”), from Proto-West Germanic *kank, from Proto-Germanic *kanką (“laughter”), from Proto-Indo-European *geng-, *genǵ- (“to mock, insult”).

词源 2

From Middle English *cank (compare Middle English cang (“foolish"; also "fool”, adj and noun) > obsolete English cank (“dumb, stupid”)), from Old English canc, ġecanc (“scorn, jeering”), from Proto-West Germanic *kank, from Proto-Germanic *kanką (“laughter”), from Proto-Indo-European *geng-, *genǵ- (“to mock, insult”).