Where does “snagi” come from?

snagi (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse snagi, from Proto-Germanic snakk-, from Proto-Germanic snakaną, from Proto-Indo-European sneg- — to crawl, creeping thing.

snagi (Icelandic): peg

Definitions

  1. peg

Ancestry of “snagi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsesnagiclothes peg
2Proto-Germanicsnakk-—
3Proto-Germanicsnakanąto crawl
4Proto-Indo-Europeansneg-to crawl, creeping thing
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sneg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic snakaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic snakk- →