Mysteries of vernacular: Bewilder - Jessica Oreck and Rachael Teel

Misterije kolokvijalnog jezika: zbuniti (bewilder) - Džesika Orek i Rejčel Til

Transcriber: Andrea McDonough Reviewer: Jessica Ruby

Prevodilac: Mile Živković Lektor: Anja Saric

Mysteries of vernacular:

Misterije kolokvijalnog jezika:

Bewilder, to confuse or puzzle completely.

zbuniti (bewilder) - zbrkati ili potpuno pomesti.

The root of the word bewilder

Koren reči "bewilder"

can be traced back to the Old English word wilde,

može se dovesti do staroengleski reči "wilde",

which was used to refer to something

koja se koristila za opisivanje nečega

that was in a natural state,

što je bilo u prirodnom stanju,

uncultivated,

nekultivisano

or undomesticated.

ili nepripitomljeno.

Over time, the word wild was often linked

Tokom vremena, reč "wild" se često povezivala

to the Old English word deor.

sa staroengleskom reči "deor".

Deor, which was derived

"Deor", što je izvedeno

from an early Indo-European root

is ranog indoevropskog korena

that meant breathe,

koji je značio "disati",

was initially used to describe

prvobitno se koristio da se opiše

any untamed animal or beast.

bilo koja nepripitomljena životinja ili zver.

This eventually morphed into the modern word deer,

Ovo je tokom vremena dovelo do savremene reči "deer"

meaning a ruminant of the family Cervidae.

koja označava preživara iz porodice Cervidae.

The two Old English words,

Dve staroengleske reči,

when mashed together,

kada se pomešaju

became wilderness,

daju "wilderness",

meaning a tract of uncultivated land,

što označava komad neobrađene zemlje

primarily inhabited by undomesticated beasts.

koju prvenstveno nastanjuju nepripitomljene zveri.

From the word wilderness,

Od reči "wilderness"

the word wilder was born.

nastala je reč "wilder".

To wilder someone was to lead him astray

"Wilder" je značilo odvesti nekoga s puta

or lure him into the woods.

ili ga namamiti u šumu.

In the 1600's, the prefix be,

1600-tih, prefiks "be",

meaning thoroughly,

što znači temeljno,

was compounded with wilder

dodat je na "wilder"

as a way of tacking on a little extra punch.

kako bi se još pridodalo značenju.

Someone who was bewildered

Neko ko je "bewildered"

was thoroughly lost in the wild.

prilično je zagubljen u šumi.

From this winding background,

Od ove krivudave prošlosti,

bewilder eventually evolved into our current definition,

"bewilder"je na kraju došao do svoje današnje definicije

to be completely confused.

kompletne zbunjenosti.