nathair
Gaelic (Scots)
noun
Definitions
- A snake, serpent, or adder
Etymology
Inherited from Old Irish nathir inherited from Proto-Celtic *natrixs inherited from Proto-Indo-European *nh₁trih₂.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*nh₁trih₂
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- adder English
- adder stone English
- adderbolt English
- adderlike English
- adderwort English
- pit adder English
- sea adder English
- water adder English
- *nh₁trih₂ Proto-Indo-European
- addere Middle English
- nathair Irish
- nadroedd Welsh
- neidr Welsh
- nathir Old Irish
- *natrixs Proto-Celtic
- naer Breton
- natr Old Breton