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 Middle French beste, from Old French beste, probably partially borrowed from Classical Latin bēstia (“beast”), or less likely from an alternative Vulgar Latin bēsta (“animal”). Compare biche (probably from Old French bisse, itself from Vulgar Latin bīstia; compare Italian biscia).
aile: abêtir, âge bête, bébête, bêta, bétail, bête à Bon Dieu, bête à manger du foin, bête comme chou, bête comme ses deux pieds, bête comme ses pieds
köken: Inherited from Old Spanish bestia (“beast”), borrowed from Latin bēstia (“beast”). Compare English beast. Compare with the inherited doublets bicho and bicha.
aile: a lo bestia, bestia negra, como bestias, como una bestia
köken: Etymology tree Arabic حَيَوَان (ḥayawān)bor. Classical Persian حَیْوَان (haywān)bor. Uzbek hayvon Borrowed from Classical Persian حَیْوَان (haywān), borrowed from Arabic حَيَوَان (ḥayawān).
köken: Etymology tree Arabic حَيَوَان (ḥayawān)bor. Classical Persian حَیْوَان (haywān)bor. Kyrgyz айбан Borrowed from Classical Persian حَیْوَان (haywān), borrowed from Arabic حَيَوَان (ḥayawān).
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”).