Where does “snuyven” come from?

snuyven (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch snūvan, from Proto-Germanic sneufaną — to sniff, to snort.

Ancestry of “snuyven”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchsnūvan—
2Proto-Germanicsneufanąto sniff, to snort

Words derived from “snuyven”

Every word from Proto-Germanic sneufaną →Every word from Old Dutch snūvan →
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