Where does “snek” come from?

snek (Malay) comes from English snack, from Middle Dutch snacken, from Old Dutch snakkon.

snek (Malay): snack

Definitions

  1. snack

Ancestry of “snek”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsnackA light meal; An item of food eaten between...
2Middle Dutchsnackento snack
3Old Dutchsnakkon—
Every word from Old Dutch snakkon →Every word from Middle Dutch snacken →Every word from English snack →