Where does “sneeuwgeit” come from?

sneeuwgeit (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.

sneeuwgeit (Dutch): mountain goat, Oreamnos americanus

Definitions

  1. mountain goat, Oreamnos americanus

Ancestry of “sneeuwgeit”, step by step

sneeuwgeit 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 geit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchgeitgoat, any member of the genus "Capra"; goat or...
2Middle Dutchgeit—
3Old Dutchgeitgoat
4Proto-Germanicgaitsgoat
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰayd-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sneygʷʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European snóygʷʰos →Every word from Proto-Germanic snaiwaz →