bait

Bedeutung (Englisch)

Frequenz

B2
Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/beɪt/
Etymologie (Englisch)

In summary

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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