carrion (perished animal, especially as food for scavengers) · bait · a word for a person or animal, often implying insubordination and/or cunning, but also used affectionately for someone cheeky or shrewd
köken: From Middle High German ās (“carrion, bait”), from Old High German *ās, from Proto-Germanic *ēsą. Later merged with Middle High German āȥ (“food”), from Old High German āȥ, from Proto-West Germanic *āt, from Proto-Germanic *ētą. Both ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed- (“to eat”).
köken: From Andalusian Arabic النَّقَّازَة (an-naqqáza), from Arabic نَقَّاز (naqqāz, “jumping bird”), from decoy birds that loosened themselves by jumping.
köken: From *yemtik (“carrion”), from Proto-Turkic *yē- (“to eat”). Cognate with Tatar җемтек (cemtek, “carrion”), Kazakh жемтік (jemtık, “carrion”), Uzbek yemtik (“food for wild animals”).
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: Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀇𑀓𑁆𑀓 (ikka) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit एक (eka), but influenced by Northwestern Indo-Aryan, for which compare Punjabi ਇੱਕਾ (ikkā). Doublet of एक (ek, “one”). Cognate with Nepali एक्का (ekkā).
ace (highest-value card in an ordinary pack of playing cards) · ace (peak performer, as in "fighter ace" etc.) · ace (serve won without the opponent hitting the ball)
çekim: çoğul ässät · tamlayan ässän
köken: Borrowed from Swedish äss, from Middle Low German es, from Old French as, from Latin as.
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.