Meaning and Origin
What does the name Edder mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.
User Submitted Origins
Etymology: See Adder
Etymology: AS. edor hedge, fence; akin to etar
From Middle English *edre, *eder, from Old English eder, edor (“hedge, fence”), from Proto-Germanic *edaraz, *eduraz (“hedge, border”). Cognate with Old High German etar.
- Flexible wood worked into the top of hedge stakes, to bind them together.
Variant of adder.
- An adder or snake.
From Middle English edre (“a vein, blood vessel”), from Old English ǣdre (“a vein, artery; sinew”), from Proto-Indo-European *ēt-er- (“stomach, intestines”). Cognates include (from Germanic) Old Saxon -āðara (Dutch ader), Old High German ādra (German Ader), Old Norse æðr (Swedish åder); (from Indo-European) Ancient Greek ἦτορ (êtor, “heart”), Latin uterus, Old Irish inathar (“entrails”).
- (rare, dialect or obsolete) A blood vessel.
- Roop, and I'll snithe your .