Where does “snēo” come from?

snēo (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic snaiw, from Proto-Germanic snaiwaz, from Proto-Indo-European snóygʷʰos, from Proto-Indo-European sneygʷʰ- — to snow.

snēo (Old Dutch): snow

Definitions

  1. snow

Ancestry of “snēo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicsnaiwsnow
2Proto-Germanicsnaiwazsnow
3Proto-Indo-Europeansnóygʷʰossnow
4Proto-Indo-Europeansneygʷʰ-to snow

Words derived from “snēo”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sneygʷʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European snóygʷʰos →Every word from Proto-Germanic snaiwaz →