serpint

West Frisian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch serpent, from Middle Dutch serpent, from Old French serpent (“snake, serpent”), from Latin serpēns (“snake”), from the verb serpō (“I creep, crawl”), from Proto-Indo-European *serp-.

Noun

serpint n (plural serpinten)

1. (large) snake
2. serpent, serpentine dragon
3. an unpleasant, spiteful or foulmouthed person, especially used of women

Alternative forms

• serpent (obsolete)

Further reading

• “serpint”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011