Where does “Lorbeerschneeball” come from?

Lorbeerschneeball (German) comes from German Schneeball, from German Schnee, from Middle High German snê, from Old High German snēo, from Proto-West Germanic snaiw, from Proto-Germanic snaiwaz, from Proto-Indo-European snóygʷʰos, from Proto-Indo-European sneygʷʰ- — to snow.

Lorbeerschneeball (German): laurestine

Definitions

  1. laurestine

Ancestry of “Lorbeerschneeball”, step by step

Lorbeerschneeball traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Schneeball

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSchneeballsnowball; viburnum, any shrub of the genus...
2GermanSchneesnow; cocaine
3Middle High Germansnêsnow
4Old High Germansnēosnow
5Proto-West Germanicsnaiwsnow
6Proto-Germanicsnaiwazsnow
7Proto-Indo-Europeansnóygʷʰossnow
8Proto-Indo-Europeansneygʷʰ-to snow

via German Lorbeer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanLorbeerlaurel, bay
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sneygʷʰ-