Where does “snāke” come from?

snāke (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon snako, from Proto-Germanic snakô, from Proto-Germanic snakaną, from Proto-Indo-European sneg- — to crawl, creeping thing.

Ancestry of “snāke”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonsnako—
2Proto-Germanicsnakôsnake
3Proto-Germanicsnakanąto crawl
4Proto-Indo-Europeansneg-to crawl, creeping thing

Words derived from “snāke”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sneg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic snakaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic snakô →
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