Where does “sneeclute” come from?

sneeclute (Middle Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch snêe, from Old Dutch snēo, from Proto-West Germanic snaiw, from Proto-Germanic snaiwaz, from Proto-Indo-European snóygʷʰos, from Proto-Indo-European sneygʷʰ- — to snow.

sneeclute (Middle Dutch): snowball

Definitions

  1. snowball

Ancestry of “sneeclute”, step by step

sneeclute traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Dutch snêe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchsnêesnow
2Old Dutchsnēosnow
3Proto-West Germanicsnaiwsnow
4Proto-Germanicsnaiwazsnow
5Proto-Indo-Europeansnóygʷʰossnow
6Proto-Indo-Europeansneygʷʰ-to snow

via Middle Dutch clute

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchclute—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sneygʷʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European snóygʷʰos →Every word from Proto-Germanic snaiwaz →