Where does “snawel” come from?

snawel (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch snavel, from Middle Dutch snavel, from Old Dutch snaval, from Proto-Germanic snabulaz, from Proto-Indo-European ksnew-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱes- — to cut off, separate; to cut up, to slaughter; to...

snawel (Afrikaans): beak

Definitions

  1. beak

Ancestry of “snawel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchsnavelbeak; mouth
2Middle Dutchsnavel—
3Old Dutchsnaval—
4Proto-Germanicsnabulazsnout; muzzle; mouth
5Proto-Indo-Europeanksnew-to scrape, sharpen
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱes-to cut off, separate; to cut up, to slaughter; to...
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