Where does “snabel” come from?

snabel (Danish) comes from German Schnabel, from Middle High German snabel, from Old High German snabul, from Proto-Germanic snabulaz, from Proto-Indo-European ksnew-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱes- — to cut off, separate; to cut up, to slaughter; to...

snabel (Danish): trunk

Definitions

  1. trunk

Ancestry of “snabel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSchnabelbeak, bill, pecker; mouth of a person; spout
2Middle High Germansnabel
3Old High Germansnabul
4Proto-Germanicsnabulazsnout; muzzle; mouth
5Proto-Indo-Europeanksnew-to scrape, sharpen
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱes-to cut off, separate; to cut up, to slaughter; to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱes-