hoof
要点ひづめ
意味
- (馬・牛などの)ひづめ
- (ひづめのある動物の)足
例文
I am so exhausted because I have padded the hoof for 4 hours.
かなり疲れたよ、4時間も歩いたからさ。
語源
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
Inherited from Middle English hof, houf, houve, hove, from Old English hōf, from Proto-Germanic *hōfaz (compare West Frisian hoef, Dutch hoef, German Huf, Danish hov, Norwegian hov, Swedish hov), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱoph₂ós (compare Sanskrit शफ (śaphá, “hoof, claw”), Avestan 𐬯𐬀𐬟𐬀 (safa, “hoof”), possibly Czech, Polish kopyto).