to coax; to sweet-talk (persuade gradually) · to cajole · to humour (person)
çekim: geçmiş amadoué · ortaç amadoué · şimdiki amadoue · ulaç amadouant
köken: Inherited from Middle French amadouer (“to coax, lure”), from a- + *madouer (“to lure, give food to”), from Old Norse mata (“to lure, feed”), from Proto-Germanic *matōną, *matjaną (“to feed, eat”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d- (“wet”). Cognate with Icelandic mata (“to bait, allure”), Danish made (“to feed”), Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (matjan, “to eat, have a meal”), Old English mete (“food”). More at…
köken: From Andalusian Arabic النَّقَّازَة (an-naqqáza), from Arabic نَقَّاز (naqqāz, “jumping bird”), from decoy birds that loosened themselves by jumping.
köken: From Old Norse agn, from Proto-Germanic *aganą (“bait”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱH-ono-, same source as Sanskrit अश्नाति (aśnāti, “to eat”), Sanskrit अशन (aśana, “eating”), Ancient Greek ἄκολος (ákolos, “morsel”).
aile: skilja agnarna från vetet, skingras som agnar för vinden
köken: From Proto-Italic *ēsskā, Proto-Indo-European *h₁ēd-s-keh₂, from *h₁ed- (“eat”), the root of edō (“eat”). Judging by Lithuanian ėskà (“food, fodder”), the long vowel is of PIE origin, but despite this often cited as an example of Lachmann's lengthening.
köken: From Old Norse agn, from Proto-Germanic *aganą (“bait”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱH-ono-, same source as Sanskrit अश्नाति (aśnāti, “to eat”), Sanskrit अशन (aśana, “eating”), Ancient Greek ἄκολος (ákolos, “morsel”).
to soothe or appease (a crying or tantrum-throwing baby)
köken: The phonetic elements in the Nôm characters used to write this word (杜 (MC duX), 徒 (MC du)) as well as the modern North Central form thỗ/thổ point to earlier form with *-d-. This word is unrelated to 誘 (MC yuwX) (SV: dụ), although the character appeared in latter Nôm texts as sound changes in the mainstream dialects caused the two to become similar enough for 誘 to be used as a phonetic element.