English
slitherer
From slither + -er.
A compound of slither + -er
Proto-Indo-European *h₃sleydʰ- ‘to slip’
Proto-West Germanic *slidrōn ‘to slide, slither’
Old English slidrian ‘to slip, slide, slither’
Middle English slideren ‘to slither, creep’
Middle English slitheren
English slither
Today it means
noun One who slithers.
Sources
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