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Where does “snivel” come from?

snivel (English) comes from Old English snyflan.

snivel (English): To breathe heavily through the nose while it is...

Definitions

  1. To breathe heavily through the nose while it is...

Ancestry of “snivel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishsnyflan—

Words derived from “snivel”

  • snivelly
  • sniveler
Every word from Old English snyflan →