Where does “snel” come from?

snel (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch snel, from Old Dutch snel, from Proto-West Germanic *snell, from Proto-Germanic snellaz, from Proto-Indo-European snedʰlos.

snel (Dutch): fast, quick, rapid

Definitions

  1. fast, quick, rapid

Ancestry of “snel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchsnelfast, quick, rapid
2Old Dutchsnelquick, rapid
3Proto-West Germanic*snell—
4Proto-Germanicsnellazactive, bold, quick
5Proto-Indo-Europeansnedʰlos—

Words derived from “snel”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European snedʰlos →