English

snakely

From snake + -ly.

Formed from snake + -ly

Proto-Germanic *sneganą ‘to crawl, creep’

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Proto-West Germanic *snakan ‘to creep, slide’

Proto-West Germanic *snakō ‘slider, snake’

Old English snaca ‘snake, serpent, reptile’

Middle English snake

English snake

Today it means

adj snakelike

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