Where does “Schnauze” come from?

Schnauze (German) comes from Middle Low German snûte, from Old Dutch snūt, from Proto-Germanic snūtaz — snout.

Schnauze (German): snout; muzzle; shut up!

Definitions

  1. snout; muzzle; shut up!

Ancestry of “Schnauze”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germansnûte—
2Old Dutchsnūt—
3Proto-Germanicsnūtazsnout

Words derived from “Schnauze”

Every word from Proto-Germanic snūtaz →Every word from Old Dutch snūt →Every word from Middle Low German snûte →