Where does “snii'e” come from?

snii'e (North Frisian) comes from Old Frisian snē, from Proto-West Germanic snaiw, from Proto-Germanic snaiwaz, from Proto-Indo-European snóygʷʰos, from Proto-Indo-European sneygʷʰ- — to snow.

snii'e (North Frisian): snow

Definitions

  1. snow

Ancestry of “snii'e”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frisiansnē—
2Proto-West Germanicsnaiwsnow
3Proto-Germanicsnaiwazsnow
4Proto-Indo-Europeansnóygʷʰossnow
5Proto-Indo-Europeansneygʷʰ-to snow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sneygʷʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European snóygʷʰos →Every word from Proto-Germanic snaiwaz →
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