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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/(s)néHtr̥

This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Indo-European

Etymology

Uncertain; possibly from *(s)neh₁- (“to twist, turn”)[1], or perhaps *(s)neh₂- (“to swim”)[2] +‎ *-tr̥.

Noun

*(s)néHtr̥

  1. adder (type of snake)

Inflection
Athematic, proterokinetic
singular collective
nominative *(s)néHtr̥ *(s)n̥Htṓr
genitive *(s)n̥Hténs *(s)n̥Htnés
singular dual plural collective
nominative *(s)néHtr̥ — — *(s)n̥Htṓr
vocative *(s)néHtr̥ — — *(s)n̥Htṓr
accusative *(s)néHtr̥ — — *(s)n̥Htṓr
genitive *(s)n̥Hténs — — *(s)n̥Htnés
ablative *(s)n̥Hténs — — *(s)n̥Htnés
dative *(s)n̥Hténey — — *(s)n̥Htnéy
locative *(s)n̥Htén, *(s)n̥Hténi — — *(s)n̥Htén, *(s)n̥Hténi
instrumental *(s)n̥Hténh₁ — — *(s)n̥Htnéh₁

Alternative reconstructions

Derived terms
  • *(s)n̥Htr-ó-s[6]
    • Proto-Germanic: *nadraz (see there for further descendants)
  • *(s)n̥Htr-íh₂[4]
    • Proto-Celtic: *natrī
      • Proto-Brythonic: *nėdr (see there for further descendants)
  • *(s)n̥Htr-ík-s, *(s)n̥Htr-ék-s[4]
    • Proto-Celtic: *natrixs (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Italic: *natrīks
      • Latin: natrix (see there for further descendants)

References
  1. Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954) “Proto-Indo-European/(s)néHtr̥”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 147
  2. Pedersen, Holger (1913) Vergleichende Grammatik der keltischen Sprachen (in German), volume II, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, →ISBN, page 45
  3. Pokorny, Julius (1959) “nē-tr . . ., nə-tr . . .”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 767
  4. Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1991) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Latin (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 2), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, →ISBN, pages 169-170
  5. Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European world, Oxford University Press, page 147: “*néh₁tr- ~ *nh₁tr-”
  6. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “nadra-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 381
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