Words that come from Proto-Germanic snaiwaz

400 words across 44 languages descend from Proto-Germanic snaiwaz — including snow, snowy, snowstorm, snowball, snowing, snowfall, Snowdon, Snowden.

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English (132)

Dutch (61)

Norwegian Bokmål (46)

Norwegian Nynorsk (35)

German (26)

Luxembourgish (15)

Icelandic (10)

Swedish (8)

Portuguese (6)

Danish (5)

Middle Dutch (5)

Old Norse (4)

Middle English (4)

Old English (4)

Japanese (3)

Old Dutch (2)

Faroese (2)

Norwegian (2)

Yiddish (2)

French (2)

Russian (2)

Westrobothnian (2)

West Frisian (1)

Old High German (1)

Proto-Indo-European (1)

Latin (1)

Afrikaans (1)

Greek (1)

North Frisian (1)

Old Frisian (1)

Gothic (1)

Central Franconian (1)

Dhivehi (1)

Hunsrik (1)

Tetum (1)

Finnish (1)

Alemannic German (1)

Pennsylvania German (1)

Plautdietsch (1)

Proto-Germanic (1)

Old Saxon (1)

Limburgish (1)

Scots (1)

Saterland Frisian (1)