serpint
West Frisian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Dutch serpent, from Middle Dutch serpent, from Old French serpent (“snake, serpent”), from Latin serpēns (“snake”), from the verb serpō (“I creep, crawl”).
Noun
editserpint n (plural serpinten)
- (large) snake
- serpent, serpentine dragon
- an unpleasant, spiteful or foulmouthed person, especially used of women
Alternative forms
edit- serpent (obsolete)
Further reading
edit- “serpint”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
Categories:
- West Frisian terms derived from Proto-Italic
- West Frisian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- West Frisian terms borrowed from Dutch
- West Frisian terms derived from Dutch
- West Frisian terms derived from Middle Dutch
- West Frisian terms derived from Old French
- West Frisian terms derived from Latin
- West Frisian lemmas
- West Frisian nouns
- West Frisian neuter nouns