querdar

Old High German

Etymology

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

Noun

querdar m

  1. bait

Descendants
  • German: Köder

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