Where does “Schneeballschlacht” come from?

Schneeballschlacht (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.

Schneeballschlacht (German): snowball fight

Definitions

  1. snowball fight

Ancestry of “Schneeballschlacht”, step by step

Schneeballschlacht 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 Schlacht

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSchlachtbattle
2Middle High Germanslaht—
3Old High Germanslahta—
4Proto-Germanicslahtō—
5Proto-Germanicslahanąto hit, to strike; to kill
6Proto-Indo-Europeanslak-to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sneygʷʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European snóygʷʰos →Every word from Proto-Germanic snaiwaz →