stilt: [14] Stilt was probably acquired from some Low German source – Low German and Flemish have stilte. Its ultimate ancestor was a prehistoric Germanic *steltjōn, which was formed from a base meaning ‘walk stiffly, strut’ (source also of German stolz ‘proud’ and English stout). The derived stilted ‘over-dignified’ dates from the early 19th century. => stout
stilt (n.)
early 14c., "a crutch," a common Germanic word (cognates: Danish stylte, Swedish stylta, Middle Low German, Middle Dutch stelte "stilt," Old High German stelza "plow handle, crutch"), though the exact relationship of them all is unclear, from Proto-Germanic *steltijon, from PIE root *stel- "to put, stand" (see stall (n.1)). Application to "wooden poles for walking across marshy ground, etc." is from mid-15c. Meaning "one of the posts on which a building is raised from the ground" is first attested 1690s. As a type of bird with long legs, from 1831. Stilted in the figurative sense of "pompous, stuffy" is first recorded 1820.
例文
1. The neighborhood is given over to performers， stilt walkers and drag queens.
コミュニティは、見世物遊びをしたり、シーソーを踏んだり、クイーンの仮装をしたりする天地になった。
2.Thatch hut is raised high above the paddy field on stilt .
かやぶき小屋は水田の上に高く建てられている。
3.Zhangzhuang the stilt dance，in Changzhi City，is very famous.
張荘の竹馬踊りは、長治市では有名だ。
4. Stilt dance basic moves are Yangko step.
ハイソダンスの基本動作はヤンコ歩.
5.Some palms，mangroves and other tropical trees form woody prop roots，often called stilt roots.