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- cairn (n.)[cairn 词源字典]
- 1530s, from Scottish carne, from Gaelic carn "heap of stones, rocky hill," akin to Gaulish karnon "horn," perhaps from PIE *ker-n- "highest part of the body, horn," thus "tip, peak" (see horn (n.)).[cairn etymology, cairn origin, 英语词源]