Where does “sneeuwuil” come from?

sneeuwuil (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.

sneeuwuil (Dutch): snowy owl, "Bubo scandiacus"

Definitions

  1. snowy owl, "Bubo scandiacus"

Ancestry of “sneeuwuil”, step by step

sneeuwuil 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 uil

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchuilowl, bird of the order Strigiformes; noctuoid,...
2Middle Dutchule—
3Old Dutchūwila—
4Proto-West Germanic*uwwulāowl
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sneygʷʰ- →
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