Where does “sunuk” come from?

sunuk (Mauritian Creole) comes from Afrikaans snoek, from Dutch snoek, from Middle Dutch snoec, from Proto-Germanic snōkᵏa-, from Proto-Germanic snakaną, from Proto-Indo-European sneg- — to crawl, creeping thing.

sunuk (Mauritian Creole): snoek (usually dried and salted)

Definitions

  1. snoek (usually dried and salted)

Ancestry of “sunuk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Afrikaanssnoeksnoek, mackerel, Thyrsites atun
2Dutchsnoekpike; pike, Northern pike, "Esox lucius"
3Middle Dutchsnoec—
4Proto-Germanicsnōkᵏa-—
5Proto-Germanicsnakanąto crawl
6Proto-Indo-Europeansneg-to crawl, creeping thing
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sneg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic snakaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic snōkᵏa- →