“冬烘”“小的子”“的篤”考源

Tracing to the Etymology of donghong(冬烘),xiaodizi(小的子)and didu(的篤)

"冬烘"形容人之糊塗迂腐,然理據不明。"冬烘"二字本身與糊塗義没有關係,應該都是記音字。文章認爲"冬"的近親是"懵懂""顛懂"之"懂"。"懵懂"同義連文,義爲糊塗。不少方言稱年老糊塗爲"顛懂",亦爲同義連文,"顛"指瘋癲失智,"懂"指糊塗。"懂"源自"憧","憧"即"冬烘"之"冬"的本字。"憧"由"童"分化而來,兒童蒙昧無知,故"童"引申爲愚昧無知。"烘"的本字爲《説文》訓爲"愚也"的"戇",《廣韻·送韻》音呼貢切。"小的子"指小孩子,但來源構造與"小的"不同。聯繫"狗的子""潑的子"等詞來看,"的子"爲一詞,"小"是"的子"的修飾成分。"的子"之"的"本字爲"滴",水滴爲小點兒,常用來形容事物之小少。"的篤"本字爲"滴涿"。"滴涿"既指水液滴落(動詞),也指滴落之水滴,比喻矮小。

This thesis makes a textual research on the etymology of the words,dong hong(冬烘),xiaodizi(小的子)and didu(的篤).The author holds that the original characters of donghong(冬烘)is憧戇and the original characters of的is滴(waterdrop).