adder
中文来自 ECDICT
- n.
- 蝰蛇，猪鼻蛇，加法器
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演变路径（由近及远）
- 英语
- 继承自 ←中古英语 addre
- 继承自 ←古英语 nǣdre “snake”
- 继承自 ←原始西日耳曼语 *nadrā
- 继承自 ←原始日耳曼语 *nadrǭ
- 继承自 ←原始印欧语 *n̥h₁trih₂
原始词根
原始印欧语 *(s)neh₁-
词源说明
From Middle English addre, form of naddre with rebracketing of /n/ as part of the indefinite article a(n), from Old English nǣdre (“snake”), from Proto-West Germanic *nadrā, from Proto-Germanic *nadrǭ, from pre-Germanic *néh₁treh₂, variant of Proto-Indo-European *n̥h₁trih₂, from *(s)neh₁- (“to spin, twist”).
See also West Frisian njirre, Dutch adder, German Natter, Otter; also Welsh neidr, Latin natrīx (“watersnake”), Dutch naaien.