Where does “sniken” come from?

sniken (Middle English) comes from Old English snīcan, from Proto-West Germanic snīkan, from Proto-Germanic snīkaną, from Proto-Indo-European sneyg- — to crawl.

sniken (Middle English): to creep, crawl

Definitions

  1. to creep, crawl

Ancestry of “sniken”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishsnīcanto creep, crawl; to creep; crawl
2Proto-West Germanicsnīkanto crawl; to creep
3Proto-Germanicsnīkanąto crawl; to creep
4Proto-Indo-Europeansneyg-to crawl

Words derived from “sniken”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sneyg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic snīkaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic snīkan →
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