Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗adj
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryResembling or relating to snakes; snakelike. · Windy; winding; twisty; sinuous, wavy. · Sly; cunning; deceitful. · Covered with serpents; having serpents.
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *sneganą Proto-Germanic *snakaną Proto-West Germanic *snakan Proto-Indo-European *-ō Proto-Germanic *-ô Proto-West Germanic *-ō Proto-West Germanic *snakō Old English snaca Middle English snake English snake Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English snaky From snake + -y.
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