Where does “grassnákur” come from?

grassnákur (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic snákur, from Old Norse snákr, from Proto-Germanic snakô, from Proto-Germanic snakaną, from Proto-Indo-European sneg- — to crawl, creeping thing.

grassnákur (Icelandic): grass snake

Definitions

  1. grass snake

Ancestry of “grassnákur”, step by step

grassnákur traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic snákur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicsnákura snake
2Old Norsesnákr"only in poetry"; a snake
3Proto-Germanicsnakôsnake
4Proto-Germanicsnakanąto crawl
5Proto-Indo-Europeansneg-to crawl, creeping thing

via Icelandic grás

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicgrásmasculine genitive singular positive degree of...
2Old Norsegrasgrass, herbage; a herb, usually with special...
3Proto-Germanicgrasągrass
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰreh₁-to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sneg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic snakaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic snakô →