Where does “sneeuwschuiver” come from?

sneeuwschuiver (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.

sneeuwschuiver (Dutch): snow plough

Definitions

  1. snow plough

Ancestry of “sneeuwschuiver”, step by step

sneeuwschuiver 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 schuiven

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchschuivento slide; to shove; to yield, make money, to earn...
2Middle Dutchschuvento slide, to move smoothly over a surface; to...
3Old Dutchscūvanto slide
4Proto-Germanicskeubanąto push, drive
5Proto-Indo-Europeanskewbʰ-to push
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sneygʷʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European snóygʷʰos →Every word from Proto-Germanic snaiwaz →
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