Eeder

== Central Franconian == === Alternative forms === Eder (variant spelling) Üer, Nüer (westernmost Ripuarian) Edder, Ödder, Odder, Udder, Üdder; Egder, Ögder, Ogder, Ugder, Ügder; Ögger, Ogger, Ugger (parts of Eifel and western Ripuarian) Auder, Ouder (most of Moselle Franconian), Eider (rarer byform) Uurer, Ourer (Siegerland, northern Westerwald) === Etymology === From a northern Old High German *iodar, from Proto-Germanic *eudarą, a byform of *ūdarą. Compare Middle Low German jeder, Old Frisian jāder. The variants above are all from the ū-form. The eu-form finds its continuation towards the north (Kleverländisch, Bergisch, Sauerländisch), but Ripuarian seems to be the only High German dialect in which it is found. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈeːdʌ/ === Noun === Eeder n (plural Eedere) (much of Ripuarian, especially central and eastern dialects) udder