Where does “snook” come from?

snook (English) comes from Dutch snoek, from Middle Dutch snoec, from Proto-Germanic snōkᵏa-, from Proto-Germanic snakaną, from Proto-Indo-European sneg- — to crawl, creeping thing.

snook (English): A freshwater and marine fish of the family...

Definitions

  1. A freshwater and marine fish of the family...

Ancestry of “snook”, step by step

snook traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch snoek

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchsnoekpike; pike, Northern pike, "Esox lucius"
2Middle Dutchsnoec—
3Proto-Germanicsnōkᵏa-—
4Proto-Germanicsnakanąto crawl
5Proto-Indo-Europeansneg-to crawl, creeping thing

via English snoke

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsnokeTo sniff or smell; to sniff at; to poke around sniffing with the nose
2Middle Englishsnoken—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sneg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic snakaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic snōkᵏa- →
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