Where does “snus” come from?

snus (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Swedish snusa, from Old Dutch snūt, from Proto-Germanic snūtaz — snout.

snus (Norwegian Nynorsk): snuff

Definitions

  1. snuff

Ancestry of “snus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishsnusato use snus
2Old Dutchsnūt—
3Proto-Germanicsnūtazsnout

Words derived from “snus”

Every word from Proto-Germanic snūtaz →Every word from Old Dutch snūt →Every word from Swedish snusa →
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