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Where does “snigge” come from?
snigge (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon sneggio, from Proto-West Germanic *snaggjō — snail.
Ancestry of “snigge”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Old Saxon
sneggio
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2
Proto-West Germanic
*snaggjō
snail
Words derived from “snigge”
Schnigj
Goadenschnigj
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *snaggjō →
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