Where does “Schnittwunde” come from?

Schnittwunde (German) comes from German schnitt, from Middle High German snit, from Old High German snit, from Proto-West Germanic *snid, from Proto-Germanic *snidaz — a cut, slice, piece.

Schnittwunde (German): cut wound resulting from a cut

Definitions

  1. cut wound resulting from a cut

Ancestry of “Schnittwunde”, step by step

Schnittwunde traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German schnitt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanschnittfirst/third-person singular preterite of...
2Middle High Germansnit—
3Old High Germansnit—
4Proto-West Germanic*snid—
5Proto-Germanic*snidaza cut, slice, piece

via German Wunde

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanWundesore, wound
2Middle High Germanwunde—
3Old High Germanwunta—
4Proto-Germanicwundōwound
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwen-to wish for, desire, strive for, win, love; to...
Every word from Proto-Germanic *snidaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *snid →Every word from Old High German snit →