Where does “snuit” come from?

snuit (Dutch) comes from Dutch kever, from Middle Dutch kever, from Old Dutch kevero, from Proto-West Germanic kefrō — beetle.

snuit (Dutch): A snout, a muzzle; A face, a facial expression

Definitions

  1. A snout, a muzzle; A face, a facial expression

Ancestry of “snuit”, step by step

snuit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch kever

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchkeverbeetle, insect of the order Coleoptera
2Middle Dutchkever—
3Old Dutchkevero—
4Proto-West Germanickefrōbeetle

via Middle Dutch snuut

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchsnuut—
2Old Dutchsnūt—
3Proto-Germanicsnūtazsnout

Words derived from “snuit”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic kefrō →Every word from Old Dutch kevero →Every word from Middle Dutch kever →