Where does “sneip” come from?

sneip (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from English snipe, from Middle English snipe, from Old Norse snípa.

sneip (Norwegian Nynorsk): A cigarette butt

Definitions

  1. A cigarette butt

Ancestry of “sneip”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsnipeAny of various limicoline game birds of the...
2Middle Englishsnipe—
3Old Norsesnípa—
Every word from Old Norse snípa →Every word from Middle English snipe →Every word from English snipe →