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Where does “serp-en-o-s” come from?

serp-en-o-s (Proto-Indo-European) comes from Proto-Indo-European serp- — to creep, crawl.

Ancestry of “serp-en-o-s”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanserp-to creep, crawl

Words derived from “serp-en-o-s”

  • gjarpër
  • serpena
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