Old High German edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *kwerþraz (bait),[1] from Proto-Indo-European *gʷérh₃-tro-s, from the root *gʷerh₃- (to devour).[1]

Noun edit

querdar m

  1. bait

Descendants edit

  • German: Köder

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*kwerþra-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 318