Where does “snaak” come from?

snaak (Dutch) comes 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.

snaak (Dutch): joker, prankster; boy, young man

Definitions

  1. joker, prankster; boy, young man

Ancestry of “snaak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germansnāke—
2Old Saxonsnako—
3Proto-Germanicsnakôsnake
4Proto-Germanicsnakanąto crawl
5Proto-Indo-Europeansneg-to crawl, creeping thing

Words derived from “snaak”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sneg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic snakaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic snakô →
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