Where does “snite” come from?
snite (English) comes from Middle English snyten, from Old English snȳtan, from Proto-West Germanic *snūtijan, from Proto-Germanic snūtijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
snite (English): A snipe; to blow; to snuff
Definitions
- A snipe; to blow; to snuff
Ancestry of “snite”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle English | snyten | — |
| 2 | Old English | snȳtan | to clear or blow the nose |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *snūtijan | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | snūtijaną | to blow one's nose |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 8 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |