Where does “snike” come from?

snike (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Danish snige, from Old Norse sníkja, from Proto-Germanic snīkaną, from Proto-Indo-European sneyg- — to crawl.

snike (Norwegian Bokmål): to sneak, creep; snike i køen - to jump the queue

Definitions

  1. to sneak, creep; snike i køen - to jump the queue

Ancestry of “snike”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishsnigeto sneak, slip; to sneak, creep; to do on the sly
2Old Norsesníkja—
3Proto-Germanicsnīkanąto crawl; to creep
4Proto-Indo-Europeansneyg-to crawl
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sneyg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic snīkaną →Every word from Old Norse sníkja →