Where does “snægl” come from?

snægl (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic *snagil, from Proto-Germanic snagilaz — snail.

Ancestry of “snægl”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*snagilsnail
2Proto-Germanicsnagilazsnail
Every word from Proto-Germanic snagilaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *snagil →