Where does “snuiven” come from?

snuiven (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch snuyven, from Old Dutch snūvan, from Proto-Germanic sneufaną — to sniff, to snort.

snuiven (Dutch): to sniff

Definitions

  1. to sniff

Ancestry of “snuiven”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchsnuyven—
2Old Dutchsnūvan—
3Proto-Germanicsneufanąto sniff, to snort

Words derived from “snuiven”

Every word from Proto-Germanic sneufaną →Every word from Old Dutch snūvan →Every word from Middle Dutch snuyven →