Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/nadrǭ

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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

1. snake, viper
2. 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