Where does “sneeuwhoos” come from?

sneeuwhoos (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.

sneeuwhoos (Dutch): snow tornado

Definitions

  1. snow tornado

Ancestry of “sneeuwhoos”, step by step

sneeuwhoos 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 hoos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchhooshigh boot
2Dutchhozento bail, to scoop water out of a boat, cellar...
3Middle Dutchosento draw (liquid), to scoop
4Old Dutchōsan—
5Proto-Germanicausanąto scoop, to draw
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ews-dawn; east; to draw water, scoop up
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sneygʷʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European snóygʷʰos →Every word from Proto-Germanic snaiwaz →