mouldwarp - Weblio 英和・和英辞典 (original) (raw)

語源

From 中期英語 moldewarpe, moldewarp, moldewerp, (also molwarpe, molewarpe), from 古期英語 *moldeweorpe, ("mole"; literally "earth-thrower"; compare 古期英語 wandeweorpe (“mole”)), from Proto-Germanic *muldawurpiz (“earth-thrower, mole”), equivalent to mould +‎ warp.

Cognate with Scots malwart, modewarp (“mole”), Dutch molworp (“mole”), Low German mulworp, molworm (“mole”), German Maulwurf (“mole”), Danish muldvarp (“mole”), Swedish mullvad (“mole”), Icelandic moldvarpa (“mole”).