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Where does “sneewit” come from?

sneewit (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch snēwīt, from Proto-Germanic snaiwahwītaz, from Proto-Germanic snaiwaz, from Proto-Indo-European snóygʷʰos, from Proto-Indo-European sneygʷʰ- — to snow.

Ancestry of “sneewit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchsnēwīt—
2Proto-Germanicsnaiwahwītazsnow-white
3Proto-Germanicsnaiwazsnow
4Proto-Indo-Europeansnóygʷʰossnow
5Proto-Indo-Europeansneygʷʰ-to snow

Words derived from “sneewit”

  • sneeuwwit
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