Where does “Schniewel” come from?

Schniewel (Luxembourgish) comes from Old High German snabul, from Proto-Germanic snabulaz, from Proto-Indo-European ksnew-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱes- — to cut off, separate; to cut up, to slaughter; to...

Schniewel (Luxembourgish): beak, bill

Definitions

  1. beak, bill

Ancestry of “Schniewel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germansnabul—
2Proto-Germanicsnabulazsnout; muzzle; mouth
3Proto-Indo-Europeanksnew-to scrape, sharpen
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱes-to cut off, separate; to cut up, to slaughter; to...

Words derived from “Schniewel”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱes- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ksnew- →Every word from Proto-Germanic snabulaz →
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