Where does “snowshoe” come from?
Snowshoe derives from English snow and shoe, with shoe tracing to Middle English shoo, Old English hēo, and ultimately Proto-Indo-European skek-, a root related to concepts of covering or protection.
snowshoe (English): A flat item of footwear worn to facilitate...
Definitions
- A flat item of footwear worn to facilitate...
Ancestry of “snowshoe”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | shoe | A protective covering for the foot, with a bottom... |
| 2 | German | Schuh | shoe |
| 3 | Middle High German | schuo | — |
| 4 | Old High German | scuoh | shoe |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | skōh | shoe |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | skōhaz | shoe |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | skewk- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kew- | to caw, to howl; to cover, hide; to cover, hide,... |
Words derived from “snowshoe”