Where does “snowy” come from?

snowy (Middle English) comes from Old English snāwiġ, 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.

snowy (Middle English): snowy resembling snow in temperature or colour

Definitions

  1. snowy resembling snow in temperature or colour

Ancestry of “snowy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishsnāwiġsnowy
2Old Englishsnāwsnow
3Proto-West Germanicsnaiwsnow
4Proto-Germanicsnaiwazsnow
5Proto-Indo-Europeansnóygʷʰossnow
6Proto-Indo-Europeansneygʷʰ-to snow

Words derived from “snowy”

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