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

antisnag traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English snag

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

via English anti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishantiOpposed to something; That has a torsion angle...
2Englishanti-Against, hostile to; Contrasting with the norm;...
3Ancient Greekἀντι-anti-, against; like, reminiscent of
4Ancient Greekᾰ̓ντῐ́opposite
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sneg- →