wrist

• 手首；手根関節
• 手首で動かす

PIE*werの「曲げる」「回す」「ひねる」が語源。手首に使われる。

wrist

wrist: [OE] The wrist is etymologically the ‘twisting’ joint. The word goes back to prehistoric Germanic *wristiz, which also produced German rist ‘instep, wrist’ and Swedish vrist ‘instep, ankle’. This was derived from the base *writh-, whose wr- sound seems originally to have been symbolic of the action of twisting. Variants of the base lie behind English wreath [OE], wrest [OE], and writhe [OE]; and gaiter may be related.
=> wreath, wrest, writhe

wrist (n.)

Old English wrist, from Proto-Germanic *wristiz (cognates: Old Norse rist "instep," Old Frisian wrist, Middle Dutch wrist, German Rist "back of the hand, instep"), from Proto-Germanic *wreik- "to turn" (see wry). The notion is "the turning joint." Wrist-watch is from 1889. Wrist-band is from 1570s as a part of a sleeve, 1969 as a perspiration absorber.

1. マスターズショットa hand across the table and gripped his wrist .

マスターズは素早くテーブルの向こうに手を伸ばし、腕をしっかりつかんだ。

2.Hanging from his right wrist is a heavy gold bracelet.

右腕にずっしりとした金のブレスレットをつけている。

3.The fate line begins close to the wrist .

運命線は手首に近いところから始まる。

4.His fingers curled gently round her wrist .

彼は彼女の腕を軽く握った。

5.Eleanor jerked her wrist free.

エレノアは手首を鋭く引き抜いた。