Source etymology 1 · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryAny substance, especially food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, trap, or net. · Food containing poison or a harmful additive to kill animals that are pests. · Anything which allures; something or someone used to lure or entice someone or something into doing something. · A post intended to elicit a, usually strong or negative, reaction from others.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- Proto-Indo-European *-t Proto-Indo-European *bʰéydt Proto-Germanic *bītaną Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Germanic *-janą Proto-Germanic *baitijaną Old Norse beitabor. Middle English bayte English bait From Middle English bayte, bait, beite, from Old Norse beita (“food, bait”), from Proto-Germanic *baitō (“that which is bitten, bait”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to cleave, split, separate”). Cognate with German Beize (“mordant, corrosive fluid; marinade”), Old English bāt (“that which can be bitten, food, bait”). Related to bite.
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- Root classification mention*bʰeyd-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentionbayteenm
- Derivation mentionbeitanon · food, bait
- Derivation mention*baitōgem-pro · that which is bitten, bait
- Derivation mention*bʰeyd-ine-pro · to cleave, split, separate
- Cognate mentionBeizede · mordant, corrosive fluid; marinade
- Cognate mentionbātang · that which can be bitten, food, bait
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