Where does “sneeuwfrees” come from?

sneeuwfrees (Dutch) comes from Dutch frees, from German Fräse, from French fraise, from French fraige, from Latin fragum, from Latin fragōsus, from Latin fragor, from Latin -or — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...

sneeuwfrees (Dutch): rotary snow plough, rotary snow plow

Definitions

  1. rotary snow plough, rotary snow plow

Ancestry of “sneeuwfrees”, step by step

sneeuwfrees traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch frees

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchfreesmilling cutter
2GermanFräse
3Frenchfraisestrawberry; bulwark, palisade; nipple
4Frenchfraige
5Latinfragumstrawberry
6Latinfragōsusfragile, brittle
7Latinfragora breaking, shattering; a crash; an uproar, din
8Latin-orused to form a third-declension masculine...
9Proto-Italic-ōsCreates masculine action nouns or result nouns...
10Proto-Indo-European-ōsCreates masculine and feminine action nouns or...
11Proto-Indo-European-oss
12Proto-Indo-European-osCreates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...

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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -osEvery word from Latin -orEvery word from Latin fragor
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