Where does “snāwiġ” come from?

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

snāwiġ (Old English): snowy

Definitions

  1. snowy

Ancestry of “snāwiġ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishsnāwsnow
2Proto-West Germanicsnaiwsnow
3Proto-Germanicsnaiwazsnow
4Proto-Indo-Europeansnóygʷʰossnow
5Proto-Indo-Europeansneygʷʰ-to snow

Words derived from “snāwiġ”

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