English

goybait

From goy (“non-Jew”) + bait (“something intended to lure or entice”).

A compound of goy ‘non-Jew’ + bait ‘something intended to lure or entice’

Biblical Hebrew גּוֹי

Yiddish גוי ‘gentile’

English goy

Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- ‘to cleave, split, separate’

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Proto-Germanic *bītaną ‘to bite’

Proto-Germanic *baitijaną ‘to make bite’

Old Norse beita ‘food, bait’

Middle English bayte ‘Bait or lure’

English bait

Today it means

noun Material intended to provoke or entice non-Jews.

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