hradamus
Old Saxon edit
Etymology edit
From *hrada (“a move”) + mūs, from Proto-Indo-European *kreu- (“to shake, wave around”), related to Tocharian A kru (“reed”), Tocharian B kärwats, Lithuanian krutéti (“to move”).[1] Compare Old English hreaðemus (“bat”).
Noun edit
hradamūs f
- A bat.
References edit
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 623, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 623