Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/nadrǭ

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Alternative forms

*nēdrǭ

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁tr-.

Noun

*nadrǭ f

snake, viper
adder

Inflection

ōn-stemDeclension of *nadrǭ (ōn-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*nadrǭ	*nadrōniz
vocative	*nadrǭ	*nadrōniz
accusative	*nadrōnų	*nadrōnunz
genitive	*nadrōniz	*nadrōnǫ̂
dative	*nadrōni	*nadrōmaz
instrumental	*nadrōnē	*nadrōmiz

Related terms

*nadraz

Descendants

Old English: nǣdre
- Middle English: naddere, addere
  - Scots: edder
  - English: adder; nedder (dialectal)
Old Frisian: *nēdre
- Saterland Frisian: Needer
- West Frisian: njirre
Old Saxon: nadra
- Middle Low German: nader
  - Low German: Adder
Old Dutch: *nadra
- Middle Dutch: nadre, nadder, adre, adder
  - Dutch: adder
    - Afrikaans: adder
  - Limburgish: adder
Old High German: nātara, otter
- Middle High German: nātere, nāter, otter
  - German: Natter, Otter
  - Luxembourgish: Adder
Old Norse: naðra
- Icelandic: naðra