Where does “snake” come from?

snake (Middle English) comes from Old English snaca, from Proto-Germanic snakô, from Proto-Germanic snakaną, from Proto-Indo-European sneg- — to crawl, creeping thing.

snake (Middle English): snake; serpent

Definitions

  1. snake; serpent

Ancestry of “snake”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishsnacasnake
2Proto-Germanicsnakôsnake
3Proto-Germanicsnakanąto crawl
4Proto-Indo-Europeansneg-to crawl, creeping thing

Words derived from “snake”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sneg- →