Where does “sneie” come from?
sneie (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse sneiða, from Proto-Germanic snaidijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
sneie (Norwegian Bokmål): to cut or slice on the slant; to cut across, walk...
Definitions
- to cut or slice on the slant; to cut across, walk...
Ancestry of “sneie”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Norse | sneiða | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | snaidijaną | to cause to cut; to cut, slice |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 6 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |