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Where does “snaval” come from?

snaval (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic snabulaz, from Proto-Indo-European ksnew-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱes- — to cut off, separate; to cut up, to slaughter; to...

Ancestry of “snaval”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicsnabulazsnout; muzzle; mouth
2Proto-Indo-Europeanksnew-to scrape, sharpen
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱes-to cut off, separate; to cut up, to slaughter; to...

Words derived from “snaval”

  • snaffle
  • foresnaffle
  • snaffler
  • haaksnavel
  • snavel
  • snavel
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