Old High German

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Etymology

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

Noun

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querdar m

  1. bait

Descendants

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  • German: Köder

References

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  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