bayte
Middle English
/ˈbɛi̯t(ə)/
noun
Definitions
- Bait or lure; objects used as a bait or lure.
- (rare) Something that draws or allures.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Norse beita (bait, cause to bite, food, let graze, feed, make bite, incite, hunt, rest) derived from Proto-Germanic *baitō (bait, food, that which is bitten).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*baitō
Gloss
bait, food, that which is bitten
Concept
Semantic Field
Warfare and hunting
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bait English
- baitable English
- baitcaster English
- baitcasting English
- baiter English
- baitest English
- baiteth English
- baitfish English
- baitholder English
- baithook English
- baitless English
- baitshop English
- baitware English
- baitwell English
- bearbait English
- clickbait English
- crankbait English
- crowbait English
- dickbait English
- fishbait English
- flamebait English
- fuckbait English
- gaybait English
- groundbait English
- jailbait English
- link bait English
- prebait English
- queerbait English
- ragebait English
- rebait English
- redbait English
- scambait English
- sharebait English
- shark bait English
- spinnerbait English
- spoonbait English
- stinkbait English
- swimbait English
- whitebait English
- *bʰeyd- Proto-Indo-European
- *baitijaną Proto-Germanic
- *baitō Proto-Germanic
- bete Swedish
- beita Norwegian Nynorsk
- baite Middle English
- bayten Middle English
- beit Old Norse
- beita Old Norse
- beter Old French
- betan, bētan Middle Dutch
- beiza Old High German
- abetar Old Occitan
- bet Bislama