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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”

  • schnauzer
  • schnoz
  • schnozzle
  • schnozz
  • schnauzer
  • kaltschnäuzig
  • シュナウザー
  • שנויץ
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