Where does “snijden” come from?

snijden (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch sniden, from Old Dutch snīthan, from Old English snīþan, from Proto-Germanic snīþaną, from Proto-Indo-European sneyt- — to cut.

snijden (Dutch): to cut; to cut off

Definitions

  1. to cut; to cut off

Ancestry of “snijden”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchsnidento cut; to cut short; to divide
2Old Dutchsnīthanto cut
3Old Englishsnīþanto cut, make an incision, cut off, lance or...
4Proto-Germanicsnīþanąto cut
5Proto-Indo-Europeansneyt-to cut

Words derived from “snijden”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sneyt- →