hradamus

Old Saxon

Etymology

From *hrada (“a move”) + mūs, from Proto-Indo-European *krew- (“to shake, wave around”), related to Tocharian A kru (“reed”), Tocharian B kärwats, Lithuanian krutéti (“to move”).[1] Compare Old English hreaðemūs (“bat”).

Noun

hradamūs f

  1. A bat.

References
  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 623, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 623
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