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Where does “snigill” come from?

snigill (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse snigill, from Proto-Germanic snigilaz — snail.

snigill (Icelandic): snail

Definitions

  1. snail

Ancestry of “snigill”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsesnigillsnail
2Proto-Germanicsnigilazsnail

Words derived from “snigill”

  • brekkusnigill
Every word from Proto-Germanic snigilaz →