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 kefrōEvery word from Old Dutch keveroEvery word from Middle Dutch kever
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