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…
humour (ability to see what the funny side of things and make others laugh) · humour (quality of being amusing, comical, funny) · humour (collection of texts or fragments of texts that entertain or make people laugh)
çekim: çoğul humory · tamlayan humoru
eş: poczucie humoru
köken: Etymology tree Latin hūmorlbor. Polish humor Learned borrowing from Latin hūmor.
köken: From the singular icră, from Old Church Slavonic икра (ikra), from Proto-Slavic *jьkrā, from Proto-Indo-European *ikʷ(e)r- (“fish egg”). Compare Russian икра́ (ikrá), Serbo-Croatian ikra.
aile: icre negre, icre de Manciuria, salată de icre, icre bătute
köken: Derived from the verb, in the sense (a gutter to pour (drain) water into). Related to Icelandic gjóta.
aile: blindgyde
Etimoloji
The sense "to coax, sweet-talk" is inherited from Middle Dutch payen, which derives from Old French paiier (“to pay; to satisfy”). The sense "to spawn" is probably etymologically identical, but the details are uncertain.