Where does “snømåke” come from?

snømåke (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål snø, from Old Norse snær, from Proto-Germanic snaiwaz, from Proto-Indo-European snóygʷʰos, from Proto-Indo-European sneygʷʰ- — to snow.

snømåke (Norwegian Bokmål): a snow shovel

Definitions

  1. a snow shovel

Ancestry of “snømåke”, step by step

snømåke traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål snø

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålsnøsnow; to snow
2Old Norsesnærsnow
3Proto-Germanicsnaiwazsnow
4Proto-Indo-Europeansnóygʷʰossnow
5Proto-Indo-Europeansneygʷʰ-to snow

via Norwegian Bokmål måke

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålmåkea gull or seagull; a shovel; to shovel
2Old NorseMárseagull
3Proto-Germanicmaiwazgull, seagull
4Proto-Germanicmaiwijanąto shout, mew
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sneygʷʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European snóygʷʰos →Every word from Proto-Germanic snaiwaz →