Where does “schnitt” come from?

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

schnitt (German): first/third-person singular preterite of...

Definitions

  1. first/third-person singular preterite of...

Ancestry of “schnitt”, step by step

schnitt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle High German snit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germansnit—
2Old High Germansnit—
3Proto-West Germanic*snid—
4Proto-Germanic*snidaza cut, slice, piece

via Proto-Germanic snīþaną

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicsnīþanąto cut
2Proto-Indo-Europeansneyt-to cut

Words derived from “schnitt”

Every word from Proto-Germanic *snidaz →