Where does “snayl” come from?

snayl (Middle English) comes from Old English sneġel, from Proto-Germanic snagilaz — snail.

snayl (Middle English): A snail or slug; a gastropod

Definitions

  1. A snail or slug; a gastropod

Ancestry of “snayl”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishsneġela snail or slug, a gastropod
2Proto-Germanicsnagilazsnail

Words derived from “snayl”

Every word from Proto-Germanic snagilaz →Every word from Old English sneġel →
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