Where does “snuiver” come from?

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

snuiver (Dutch): One who sniffs or insufflates; An exhaust or...

Definitions

  1. One who sniffs or insufflates; An exhaust or...

Ancestry of “snuiver”, step by step

snuiver traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch snuiven

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchsnuivento sniff
2Middle Dutchsnuyven—
3Old Dutchsnūvan—
4Proto-Germanicsneufanąto sniff, to snort

via Dutch er

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutcherthere; him, her, it, them; of them, of those
2Old Dutchiro—

Words derived from “snuiver”

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