Where does “snuiten” come from?
snuiten (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch snuten, from Old Dutch snūten, from Proto-West Germanic *snūtijan, from Proto-Germanic snūtijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
snuiten (Dutch): to blow one's nose; to trim a candle's wick; to...
Definitions
- to blow one's nose; to trim a candle's wick; to...
Ancestry of “snuiten”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Dutch | snuten | to blow one's nose |
| 2 | Old Dutch | snūten | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *snūtijan | to blow one's nose |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | snūtijaną | to blow one's nose |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 8 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |