Where does “sneevlocke” come from?
sneevlocke (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.
sneevlocke (Middle Dutch): snowflake; snowball
Ancestry of “sneevlocke”, step by step