Where does “snot” come from?

snot (Middle English) comes from Old English ġesnot, from Proto-Germanic snuttuz, from Proto-Germanic snuþnúz, from Proto-Indo-European snāw-.

snot (Middle English): Snot, mucus; The remnants of a burnt and expired...

Definitions

  1. Snot, mucus; The remnants of a burnt and expired...

Ancestry of “snot”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishġesnotnasal mucus; snot
2Proto-GermanicsnuttuzNasal mucus; snot
3Proto-Germanicsnuþnúz—
4Proto-Indo-Europeansnāw-—

Words derived from “snot”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European snāw- →Every word from Proto-Germanic snuþnúz →Every word from Proto-Germanic snuttuz →