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wright(n.)

古英语 wryhtawrihta(北安布里亚语 wyrchta,肯特语 werhta)“工人”,早期变体为 wyhrta “制造者”,源自于 wyrcan “工作”(参见 work(v.))。现在通常用于组合词(wheelwright, playwright, 等)或作为姓氏。这是一个常见的西日耳曼语词汇; 与古撒克逊语 wurhito,古弗里西亚语 wrichta,古高地德语 wurhto 同源。

在来自古英语的单词中,元音和 -r- 的音位转换也可以在 thrashthreshthirdthirtybirdwroughtnostril 中看到。

Smith was the general term for a worker in metals, and wright for one who worked in wood, and other materials. Hence, in the later English period, smith (which, in Anglo-Saxon, when used without any characteristic addition, was understood as applying more particularly to the worker in iron,) became the particular name of a blacksmith, and wright of a carpenter, as it is still in Scotland. [Thomas Wright, "Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies," 1884]
Smith 是金属工人的通用术语, wright 是木工和其他材料的工人。因此,在后期的英语时期, smith(在盎格鲁-撒克逊语中,当没有任何特定的补充时,特别适用于铁匠)成为铁匠的特定名称, wright 成为木匠的名称,如今在苏格兰仍然如此。[托马斯·赖特,《盎格鲁-撒克逊语和古英语词汇》,1884年]