Where does “sneeuwval” come from?

sneeuwval (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.

sneeuwval (Dutch): snowfall

Definitions

  1. snowfall

Ancestry of “sneeuwval”, step by step

sneeuwval 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 val

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchvalA fall; A downfall, demise; A case
2Middle Dutchvalle—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sneygʷʰ- →