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eider (n.)
type of duck, 1743, from German
Eider
or Dutch
eider
, both from Old Norse
æþar
, genitive of
æþr
"duck," according to Watkins from a North Germanic root
*athi-
, from Proto-Germanic
*ethi-
, from PIE "probable root"
*eti-
"eider duck."
