English
adderlike
From adder + -like.
Formed from adder + -like
Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁- ‘to spin (thread), to sew’
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Proto-Germanic *nadrǭ
Proto-West Germanic *nadrā
Old English nǣdre ‘snake’
Middle English nadder
English adder
Today it means
adj Resembling or characteristic of an adder (snake).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / adderlike