Where does “Sněžka” come from?
Sněžka (Czech) comes from Czech sníh, from Old Czech snieh, from Proto-Slavic sněgъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic snáigas, from Proto-Indo-European snóygʷʰos, from Proto-Indo-European sneygʷʰ- — to snow.
Ancestry of “Sněžka”, step by step