köken: Possibly borrowed from Albanian nepërkë (“adder, viper”), otherwise cognate to it, from fuller nepërtkë, originally ‘hatchling snake’, maybe from Proto-Slavic *nepъrtъkъ (compare Bulgarian непрътък (neprǎtǎk, “buttercup”)). Compare Aromanian nipãrticã.
blindworm, slowworm (legless lizard of genus Anguis)
çekim: çoğul слепо́ци
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Slavic *slěpъ Old Church Slavonic слѣпъ (slěpŭ) Bulgarian сляп (sljap) Bulgarian -ок (-ok) Bulgarian слепок From сляп (sljap) + -ок (-ok).
Feminine form of näder. From Old Norse naðra, feminine form of naðr (“adder, snake in general”), from Proto-Germanic *nadrǭ (“adder, snake in general”). Cogngate to Icelandic naðra, feminine form of naður (“adder”). Compare English adder (“viper”) vs deaf adder (“slowworm”).