Etymology Explorer › Middle Dutch

Where does “snoec” come from?

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

Ancestry of “snoec”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicsnōkᵏa-—
2Proto-Germanicsnakanąto crawl
3Proto-Indo-Europeansneg-to crawl, creeping thing

Words derived from “snoec”

  • snook
  • snoek
  • snoek
  • zeesnoek
  • snoek
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sneg- →