Where does “snagless” come from?

snagless (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.

snagless (English): Free from snags

Definitions

  1. Free from snags

Ancestry of “snagless”, step by step

snagless 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 less

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlessTo a smaller extent or degree; comparative form...
2Middle Englishlesfalse; lying; deceptive; falsehood; a lie
3Old Englishlēasfalse, lax; false, void, loose; devoid of, loose...
4Proto-Germanic*laus—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sneg- →