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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Fuder

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, F (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
Fuder
Friedrich Kluge2508392An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, F — Fuder1891John Francis Davis

Fuder, n., from the equiv. MidHG. vuoder, OHG. fuodar, n., ‘measure (varying from 36 to 72 bushels, of wine about 1200 bottles), waggon-load’; comp. OSax. fôthar, Du. voer, AS. fôþer, ‘measure, waggon-load,’ E. fother, fodder, a term in mining. Hence the common West Teut. term fôþr, n., ‘waggon-load,’ from the Teut. root faþ in Faden. From HG., Fr. foudre is derived.