Where does “snowing” come from?
Snowing comes from English snow plus the Middle English verbal suffix -en, derived from Old English snāw and Old English -en, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European sneygʰ- meaning to snow or flow.
snowing (English): present participle of snow; A fall of snow
Definitions
- present participle of snow; A fall of snow
Ancestry of “snowing”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | snow | The frozen, crystalline state of water that falls... |
| 2 | Middle English | snow | snow; snow-white; The temperature where snow... |
| 3 | Old English | snāw | snow |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | snaiw | snow |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | snaiwaz | snow |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | snóygʷʰos | snow |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sneygʷʰ- | to snow |