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: Inherited from Chagatai بر (bir /bir/, “one”), from Proto-Turkic *bīr (“one”). Cognate with Uyghur بىر / bir / бир; Turkmen bir, Azerbaijani بیر / бир / bir, Turkish bir; Old Uyghur 𐽼𐽶𐽾 (pyr /bir/), Old Turkic 𐰋𐰃𐰼 (b²ir² /bir/); Yakut биир (biir), Dolgan биир (biir); etc.
köken: From Old Galician-Portuguese algũu, from Vulgar Latin *alicūnus, from Latin aliquis + ūnus. Compare Spanish alguno, French aucun, Italian alcuno.
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ís Proto-Balto-Slavic *is Proto-Slavic *jь Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Balto-Slavic *-kas Proto-Slavic *-kъ Proto-Slavic *jakъ Old Polish jaki Polish jaki Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ís Proto-Indo-European *ḱís Proto-Balto-Slavic *śís Proto-Slavic *sьder. Old Polish -ś Polish -ś Polish jakiś From jaki + -ś. First attested in 1534. Compare…
erä (“separate, apart”) + -äs. First attested in Gustaf Erik Eurén: Suomalais-ruotsalainen sanakirja : Finsk-swensk ordbok. ("Finnish-Swedish Dictionary", 1860).