Where does “snow” come from?

snow (Middle English) comes from Old English snāw, from Proto-West Germanic snaiw, from Proto-Germanic snaiwaz, from Proto-Indo-European snóygʷʰos, from Proto-Indo-European sneygʷʰ- — to snow.

snow (Middle English): snow; snow-white; The temperature where snow...

Definitions

  1. snow; snow-white; The temperature where snow...

Ancestry of “snow”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishsnāwsnow
2Proto-West Germanicsnaiwsnow
3Proto-Germanicsnaiwazsnow
4Proto-Indo-Europeansnóygʷʰossnow
5Proto-Indo-Europeansneygʷʰ-to snow

Words derived from “snow”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sneygʷʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European snóygʷʰos →Every word from Proto-Germanic snaiwaz →