Where does “snaky” come from?

Snaky comes from Middle English via the -y suffix, tracing back through Middle French -ie and Latin -ia, -ivus, and -ia formations ultimately rooted in Proto-Indo-European -kos.

snaky (English): Resembling or relating to snakes; Windy; winding;...

Definitions

  1. Resembling or relating to snakes; Windy; winding;...

Ancestry of “snaky”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-yAdded to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives...
2Middle English-yDesignates an adjective, in many cases formed by...
3Old English-iġ-y, -ic
4Proto-West Germanic-gForms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a...
5Proto-Germanic-gaz-y
6Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic

Words derived from “snaky”

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