Where does “snøfall” come from?
snøfall (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål fall, from Norwegian Bokmål falle, from Danish falde, from Old Danish fallæ, from Old Norse falla, from Proto-Germanic fallaną, from Proto-Indo-European pōl-, from Slovincian pól — to split off, separate; to chop, to separate.
snøfall (Norwegian Bokmål): snowfall
Ancestry of “snøfall”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | fall | a fall; case; imperative of falle |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | falle | a slanted metal piece in a door lock that moves... |
| 3 | Danish | falde | to fall; to drop, to descend |
| 4 | Old Danish | fallæ | — |
| 5 | Old Norse | falla | to fall |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | fallaną | to fall |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pōl- | — |
| 8 | Slovincian | pól | — |
| 9 | Proto-Slavic | polъ | side, flank; half; member of a pair of options →... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pelH- | to split off, separate; to chop, to separate |