Where does “šnyt” come from?

šnyt (Czech) comes from German schnitt, from Middle High German snit, from Old High German snit, from Proto-West Germanic *snid, from Proto-Germanic *snidaz — a cut, slice, piece.

šnyt (Czech): beer poured in such a way that there is around 3/5 of a pint in a full pint glass, with the remainder being foam

Definitions

  1. beer poured in such a way that there is around 3/5 of a pint in a full pint glass, with the remainder being foam

Ancestry of “šnyt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanschnittfirst/third-person singular preterite of...
2Middle High Germansnit—
3Old High Germansnit—
4Proto-West Germanic*snid—
5Proto-Germanic*snidaza cut, slice, piece
Every word from Proto-Germanic *snidaz →