Where does “snel” come from?

snel (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch snel, from Proto-West Germanic *snell, from Proto-Germanic snellaz, from Proto-Indo-European snedʰlos.

snel (Middle Dutch): fast, quick, rapid

Definitions

  1. fast, quick, rapid

Ancestry of “snel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchsnelquick, rapid
2Proto-West Germanic*snell—
3Proto-Germanicsnellazactive, bold, quick
4Proto-Indo-Europeansnedʰlos—

Words derived from “snel”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European snedʰlos →Every word from Proto-Germanic snellaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *snell →