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Where does “snēwīt” come from?

snēwīt (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic snaiwahwītaz, from Proto-Germanic snaiwaz, from Proto-Indo-European snóygʷʰos, from Proto-Indo-European sneygʷʰ- — to snow.

Ancestry of “snēwīt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicsnaiwahwītazsnow-white
2Proto-Germanicsnaiwazsnow
3Proto-Indo-Europeansnóygʷʰossnow
4Proto-Indo-Europeansneygʷʰ-to snow

Words derived from “snēwīt”

  • sneeuwwit
  • sneewit
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