sprout-kalen.

Brit.

/ˈspraʊtkeɪl/, U.S.

/ˈspraʊtˌkeɪl/

Forms: see sprout v.¹ and kale n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Dutch lexical item. Etymons: sprout v.¹, kale n.

Etymology: < sprout v.¹ + kale n., based on a folk-etymological misinterpretation (apparently by White: see quot. 1778) of early modern Dutch sprockel, variant (with metathesis) of Middle Dutch sporkel, sporkele, related to Middle Low German sporkel, sperkel (German regional Sporkel), a name for the month of February (of uncertain and disputed origin).

rare.

(A name for) the second month of the year, purported to have been used by early Germanic peoples.The name is based on a misapprehension of an actual early Germanic month name (see the etymology). The source of the error appears to be quot. 1778, from which all later quots. are ultimately derived.

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the world > time > period > a month or calendar month > specific months > [noun] > February

Februaryc1225

leap-month1566

fill-dike1611

sprout-kale1778

fill-ditch1879

1778 G. White Let. 8 Jan. in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) 223 Our Saxon ancestors certainly had some sort of cabbage, because they call the month of February sprout-cale.

1853 N. Wales Chron. 15 July 6/1 Our Saxon ancestors..called the month of February Sprout-Kail, or the sprouting of the cabbage.

1927 Illustr. London News 5 Feb. 200/1 The month of February was called ‘Sprout-Kale’ by the Saxons because it was marked by the appearance in the ground of the cheery cabbage.

2007 Courier Mail (Austral.) (Nexis) 3 Mar. m44 Then along came the Anglo-Saxons and called it [sc. February] Sprout-kale in relation to the time when kale and cabbage were edible.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sprout-kale
释义	sprout-kalen. Brit. /ˈspraʊtkeɪl/, U.S. /ˈspraʊtˌkeɪl/ Forms: see sprout v.¹ and kale n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Dutch lexical item. Etymons: sprout v.¹, kale n. Etymology: < sprout v.¹ + kale n., based on a folk-etymological misinterpretation (apparently by White: see quot. 1778) of early modern Dutch sprockel, variant (with metathesis) of Middle Dutch sporkel, sporkele, related to Middle Low German sporkel, sperkel (German regional Sporkel), a name for the month of February (of uncertain and disputed origin). rare. (A name for) the second month of the year, purported to have been used by early Germanic peoples.The name is based on a misapprehension of an actual early Germanic month name (see the etymology). The source of the error appears to be quot. 1778, from which all later quots. are ultimately derived. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > a month or calendar month > specific months > [noun] > February Februaryc1225 leap-month1566 fill-dike1611 sprout-kale1778 fill-ditch1879 1778 G. White Let. 8 Jan. in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) 223 Our Saxon ancestors certainly had some sort of cabbage, because they call the month of February sprout-cale. 1853 N. Wales Chron. 15 July 6/1 Our Saxon ancestors..called the month of February Sprout-Kail, or the sprouting of the cabbage. 1927 Illustr. London News 5 Feb. 200/1 The month of February was called ‘Sprout-Kale’ by the Saxons because it was marked by the appearance in the ground of the cheery cabbage. 2007 Courier Mail (Austral.) (Nexis) 3 Mar. m44 Then along came the Anglo-Saxons and called it [sc. February] Sprout-kale in relation to the time when kale and cabbage were edible. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1778
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