Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/nadrā

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *nadrǭ.

Noun

*nadrā f

1. adder
2. snake in general

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*nadrā
Genitive	*nadrōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*nadrā	*nadrōn
Accusative	*nadrōn	*nadrōn
Genitive	*nadrōn	*nadrōnō
Dative	*nadrōn	*nadrōm, *nadrum
Instrumental	*nadrōn	*nadrōm, *nadrum

Descendants

• Old English: nǣdre, nǣddre
  • Middle English: naddere, addere
    • Scots: edder
    • English: adder; nedder (dialectal)
• Old Frisian: *nēdre
  • Saterland Frisian: Neder
  • West Frisian: njirre
• Old Saxon: nādra, nādara
  • Middle Low German: nâder, nader, nadder
    • Low German: Adder
      • German Low German: Adder
        • → Saterland Frisian: 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