Fodder

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Old English fōdor, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch voeder and German Futter, also to food.

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From Middle English fodder, foder, from Old English fōdor(“feed; fodder”), from Proto-Germanic *fōdrą (compare Saterland Frisian Fodder, West Frisian foer, Dutch voer(“pasture; fodder”), German Futter(“fodder; feed”), Danish foder, Swedish foder), from *fōdô 'food', from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-(“to guard, graze, feed”). More at food.

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fodder (n.)

Old English fodder "food," especially "hay, straw, or other bulk food for cattle," from Proto-Germanic *fodram (source also of Old Norse foðr, Middle Dutch voeder, Old High German fuotar, German Futter), from PIE *pa-trom, suffixed form of root *pa- "to feed."