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The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*patrom“fodder”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*fōdrą“fodder, feed, sheath”
3. Frankish · derived from*fōdar“fodder, sheath”
4. Old French · derived fromforrier
5. Middle English · inherited fromforrayen“to pillage”
6. English todayforay

From Middle English forrayen (“to pillage”), a back-formation of forrayour, forreour, forrier (“raider, pillager”), from Old French forrier, fourrier, a derivative of fuerre (“provender, fodder, straw”), from Frankish *fōdar (“fodder, sheath”), from Proto-Germanic *fōdrą (“fodder, feed, sheath”), from Proto-Indo-European *patrom (“fodder”), *pat- (“to feed”), *pāy- (“to guard, graze, feed”). Cognate with Old High German fuotar (German Futter (“fodder, feed”)), Old English fōdor, fōþer (“food, fodder, covering, case, basket”), Dutch voeder (“forage, food, feed”), Danish foder (“fodder, feed”), Icelandic fóður (“fodder, sheath”). More at fodder, food, forage.

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