Where does “snau” come from?
snau (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Old Norse snauðr, from Proto-Germanic snauþuz, from Proto-Indo-European ksnew-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱes- — to cut off, separate; to cut up, to slaughter; to...
snau (Norwegian Nynorsk): bald; bare; barely
Ancestry of “snau”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | snauðr | bare, bald |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | snauþuz | bald, shaved, naked; poor, weak |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ksnew- | to scrape, sharpen |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱes- | to cut off, separate; to cut up, to slaughter; to... |
Words derived from “snau”