Where does “sierpint” come from?

sierpint (Walloon) comes from Old French serpent, from Latin serpēns, from Latin serpō, from Proto-Indo-European serp- — to creep, crawl.

sierpint (Walloon): snake

Definitions

  1. snake

Ancestry of “sierpint”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchserpentsnake
2LatinserpēnsA serpent, snake
3Latinserpōto creep, crawl, move slowly of an animal
4Proto-Indo-Europeanserp-to creep, crawl
Every word from Proto-Indo-European serp- →Every word from Latin serpō →Every word from Latin serpēns →