Where does “sneeuwbol” come from?

sneeuwbol (Dutch) comes from Dutch sneeuw, 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.

sneeuwbol (Dutch): snow globe

Definitions

  1. snow globe

Ancestry of “sneeuwbol”, step by step

sneeuwbol traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch sneeuw

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchsneeuwsnow; snow, static, noise; cocaine
2Middle Dutchsnêesnow
3Old Dutchsnēosnow
4Proto-West Germanicsnaiwsnow
5Proto-Germanicsnaiwazsnow
6Proto-Indo-Europeansnóygʷʰossnow
7Proto-Indo-Europeansneygʷʰ-to snow

via Dutch bol

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchbolball, sphere, globe, bulb; A head; brain; A scoop
2Middle Dutchbol—
3Old Dutchbolla—
4Proto-Germanicbullǭround object, ball; round vessel, bowl
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sneygʷʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European snóygʷʰos →Every word from Proto-Germanic snaiwaz →