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Where does “antisnag” come from?

antisnag (English) comes from English snag, from Old Norse snagi, from Proto-Germanic snakk-, from Proto-Germanic snakaną, from Proto-Indo-European sneg- — to crawl, creeping thing.

antisnag (English): Preventing an item from snagging on something...

Definitions

  1. Preventing an item from snagging on something...

Ancestry of “antisnag”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsnagA stump or base of a branch that has been lopped...
2Old Norsesnagiclothes peg
3Proto-Germanicsnakk-—
4Proto-Germanicsnakanąto crawl
5Proto-Indo-Europeansneg-to crawl, creeping thing
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