Where does “snaaks” come from?

snaaks (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch snaaks, from Dutch snaak, from Middle Low German snāke, from Old Saxon snako, from Proto-Germanic snakô, from Proto-Germanic snakaną, from Proto-Indo-European sneg- — to crawl, creeping thing.

snaaks (Afrikaans): funny, comical

Definitions

  1. funny, comical

Ancestry of “snaaks”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchsnaaksmischievously funny, pranksterish
2Dutchsnaakjoker, prankster; boy, young man
3Middle Low Germansnāke—
4Old Saxonsnako—
5Proto-Germanicsnakôsnake
6Proto-Germanicsnakanąto crawl
7Proto-Indo-Europeansneg-to crawl, creeping thing
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sneg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic snakaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic snakô →
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