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neidr.

snake

5 characters1 syllables approx.Cymraeg language

Meaning & usage

noun/nei̯dr/North-Wales[ˈnei̯dr̩]North-Wales/nei̯dr/South-Wales, colloquial, standard[ˈnei̯dr̩]South-Wales, colloquial, standard

  1. snake

    feminine · not-mutable

  2. adder

    feminine · not-mutable
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Celtic *natrixs (compare Breton naer, Irish nathair), from Proto-Indo-European *nh₁trih₂ (compare English adder, Latin natrīx (“water snake”)), from *sneh₁- (“to spin, twist”) (compare nyddu). Related to noden (“thread”), nodwydd (“needle”).

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