Where does “sneeuw” come from?

sneeuw (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch snêe, from Old Dutch snēo, from Proto-West Germanic snaiw, from Proto-Germanic snaiwaz, from Proto-Indo-European snóygʷʰos, from Proto-Indo-European sneygʷʰ- — to snow.

sneeuw (Dutch): snow; snow, static, noise; cocaine

Definitions

  1. snow; snow, static, noise; cocaine

Ancestry of “sneeuw”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchsnêesnow
2Old Dutchsnēosnow
3Proto-West Germanicsnaiwsnow
4Proto-Germanicsnaiwazsnow
5Proto-Indo-Europeansnóygʷʰossnow
6Proto-Indo-Europeansneygʷʰ-to snow

Words derived from “sneeuw”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sneygʷʰ- →