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

adder
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
  - Swedish: natter
  - Luxembourgish: Adder