Where does “snow tire” come from?

snow tire (English) comes from English snow, from Middle English snow, from Old English snāw, from Proto-West Germanic snaiw, from Proto-Germanic snaiwaz, from Proto-Indo-European snóygʷʰos, from Proto-Indo-European sneygʷʰ- — to snow.

snow tire (English): A tire with rubber that remains soft at most...

Definitions

  1. A tire with rubber that remains soft at most...

Ancestry of “snow tire”, step by step

snow tire traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English snow

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsnowThe frozen, crystalline state of water that falls...
2Middle Englishsnowsnow; snow-white; The temperature where snow...
3Old Englishsnāwsnow
4Proto-West Germanicsnaiwsnow
5Proto-Germanicsnaiwazsnow
6Proto-Indo-Europeansnóygʷʰossnow
7Proto-Indo-Europeansneygʷʰ-to snow

via English Tire

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishTireTo become sleepy or weary
2Middle Englishtireequipment
3Old Frenchtirerto pull
4Gothic𐍄𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌽to tear away, remove
5Proto-Germanicteranąto tear; snatch or pull off (from); tug
6Proto-Indo-Europeander-to split, to separate; to tear, to crack, to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sneygʷʰ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European snóygʷʰosEvery word from Proto-Germanic snaiwaz