Etymograph

English

Oder

Oder comes from Old High German Odera.

  1. Old High Germanc. 750–1050Odera
  2. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350Odere
  3. Germanc. 1650–presentOder
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1914same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Old High Germanc. 750–1050Odera
  2. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350Odere
  3. Germanc. 1650–presentOder
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1914same form

Earliest quotation: 1914, Ernest Bramah: “From Pardubitz he passed on to Glatz, reached Breslau…”

Today it means

name A river in central Europe, that flows from the Czech Republic through Poland and Germany to the Baltic Sea.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Old High German Odera / Oder