Where does “Snack” come from?

Snack (German) comes from English snack, from Middle Dutch snacken, from Old Dutch snakkon.

Snack (German): snack a light meal

Definitions

  1. snack a light meal

Ancestry of “Snack”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsnackA light meal; An item of food eaten between...
2Middle Dutchsnackento snack
3Old Dutchsnakkon—
Every word from Old Dutch snakkon →Every word from Middle Dutch snacken →Every word from English snack →