Where does “snag” come from?
Snag comes from Old Norse snagi, from Proto-Germanic snakk-, from Proto-Germanic snakaną, from Proto-Indo-European sneg-.
snag (English): A stump or base of a branch that has been lopped...
Definitions
- A stump or base of a branch that has been lopped...
Ancestry of “snag”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Norse | snagi | clothes peg |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | snakk- | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | snakaną | to crawl |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | sneg- | to crawl, creeping thing |
Words derived from “snag”