Where does “snauklippe” come from?

snauklippe (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål klippe, from Middle Low German klippe, from Old Saxon *klif, from Proto-West Germanic *klib, from Proto-Germanic klibą — cliff, rock.

snauklippe (Norwegian Bokmål): to clip, crop, cut close, very short

Definitions

  1. to clip, crop, cut close, very short

Ancestry of “snauklippe”, step by step

snauklippe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål klippe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålklippea cliff; to cut; to clip
2Middle Low Germanklippe—
3Old Saxon*klif—
4Proto-West Germanic*klib—
5Proto-Germanicklibącliff, rock

via Norwegian Bokmål snau

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålsnaubald without hair
2Old Norsesnauðrbare, bald
3Proto-Germanicsnauþuzbald, shaved, naked; poor, weak
4Proto-Indo-Europeanksnew-to scrape, sharpen
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱes-to cut off, separate; to cut up, to slaughter; to...
Every word from Proto-Germanic klibą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *klib →Every word from Old Saxon *klif →