Where does “Schnéi” come from?

Schnéi (Luxembourgish) comes from Old High German snēo, from Proto-West Germanic snaiw, from Proto-Germanic snaiwaz, from Proto-Indo-European snóygʷʰos, from Proto-Indo-European sneygʷʰ- — to snow.

Schnéi (Luxembourgish): snow

Definitions

  1. snow

Ancestry of “Schnéi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germansnēosnow
2Proto-West Germanicsnaiwsnow
3Proto-Germanicsnaiwazsnow
4Proto-Indo-Europeansnóygʷʰossnow
5Proto-Indo-Europeansneygʷʰ-to snow

Words derived from “Schnéi”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sneygʷʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European snóygʷʰos →Every word from Proto-Germanic snaiwaz →