Where does “Schnéiball” come from?

Schnéiball (Luxembourgish) comes from Luxembourgish Ball, from Old High German bal, from Northern Sami bállu, from Northern Sami ballát, from Proto-Samic pëlājëtēk, from Proto-Samic pëlëtēk, from Proto-Uralic pele- — to fear.

Schnéiball (Luxembourgish): snowball

Definitions

  1. snowball

Ancestry of “Schnéiball”, step by step

Schnéiball traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Luxembourgish Ball

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LuxembourgishBallball (round object for playing sports)
2Old High Germanbalball
3Northern Samibállutesticle, ball
4Northern Samiballátto become scared
5Proto-Samicpëlājëtēkto become scared
6Proto-Samicpëlëtēkto fear
7Proto-Uralicpele-to fear

via Luxembourgish Schnéi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LuxembourgishSchnéisnow
2Old High Germansnēosnow
3Proto-West Germanicsnaiwsnow
4Proto-Germanicsnaiwazsnow
5Proto-Indo-Europeansnóygʷʰossnow
6Proto-Indo-Europeansneygʷʰ-to snow
Every word from Proto-Uralic pele- →Every word from Proto-Samic pëlëtēk →Every word from Proto-Samic pëlājëtēk →