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Where does “abaier” come from?

abaier (Old French) comes from Old French bai, from Latin badius, from Proto-Indo-European bodyos — yellow.

abaier (Old French): to bark

Definitions

  1. to bark

Ancestry of “abaier”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchbaibay-colored
2Latinbadiusreddish brown, chestnut colored, bay
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbodyosyellow
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