fóðr

From Proto-Germanic *fōdrą (“fodder”), whence also Old English fōdor, Old High German fuotar. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“guard, graze, feed”).

fóðr n

1. fodder

• Icelandic: fóður
• Faroese: fóður
• Norwegian Nynorsk: fôr, foder
• Norwegian Bokmål: fôr
• Old Swedish: fōþer, ᚠᚮᚦᚽᚱ
  • Swedish: foder
• Danish: foder
• → Middle English: fother, foður, fothir, fothyr, futher, fodyr, fooder, foþer, foþere, foðer, voðer, ffoder
  • English: fother
  • Scots: fother

From Proto-Germanic *fōdrą (“sheath”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to protect, guard”) + *-þrą. Compare Old English fōdor, Old High German fuotar, Gothic 𐍆𐍉𐌳𐍂 (fōdr).

fóðr n

1. sheath