Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗Any snake. · A small venomous serpent of the genus Vipera · A common European adder (Vipera berus). · A puff adder, of Africa (genus Bitis).
From Middle English nadder, addere, rebracketing of “a naddere” as “an addere”, from Old English nǣdre (“snake”), from Proto-West Germanic *nadrā, from Proto-Germanic *nadrǭ, from pre-Germanic *néh₁treh₂, variant of Proto-Indo-European *n̥h₁trih₂, from *(s)neh₁- (“to spin, twist”). See also West Frisian njirre, Dutch adder, German Natter, Otter; also Welsh neidr, Latin natrīx (“watersnake”), Dutch naaien.
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- Root classification mention*(s)neh₁-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentionnadderenm
- Inherited-form mentionnǣdreang
- Inherited-form mention*nadrāgmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*nadrǭgem-pro
- Inherited-form mention*n̥h₁trih₂ine-pro
- Cognate mentionnjirrefy
- Cognate mentionaddernl
- Cognate mentionNatterde
- Cognate mentionneidrcy
- Cognate mentionnatrīxla
- Cognate mentionnaaiennl
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