keg
意味
- (5‐10ガロン(20‐40l)入りの)小さなたる
- ケグ(くぎの重量単位;100ポンド(45kg))
例文
The Middle East is still called a powder keg.
中東は今でも危険な火薬庫と呼ばれている。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English kag, from Old Norse kaggi (“keg”), likely a diminutive of Proto-Germanic *kagô (“bush, branch, stalk, stump”). Cognate with Icelandic kaggi (“keg; cask”), Norwegian kagg (“keg”), Swedish kagge (“keg”), Low German kag (“vessel; craft”), Dutch kaag (“vessel; craft”). Compare also English cag and chag. The modern form keg with /ɛ/ is due to a dialectal raising of /a///æ/ to /ɛ/ before velars (cf. fleg); the expected form is preserved in dialectal /kæɡ/, while /keɪɡ/ reflects further raising that occurred in some dialects.