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Where does “snayl” come from?

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

Ancestry of “snayl”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishsneġel—
2Proto-Germanicsnagilazsnail
Every word from Proto-Germanic snagilaz →