Where does “Snake” come from?
Snake (German Low German) comes from Middle Low German snāke, from Old Saxon snako, from Proto-Germanic snakô, from Proto-Germanic snakaną, from Proto-Indo-European sneg- — to crawl, creeping thing.
Snake (German Low German): snake
Ancestry of “Snake”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle Low German | snāke | — |
| 2 | Old Saxon | snako | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | snakô | snake |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | snakaną | to crawl |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | sneg- | to crawl, creeping thing |