Where does “snas” come from?

snas (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic *snaisu, from Proto-Germanic *snaisō, from Proto-Indo-European sneyt- — to cut.

snas (Old English): spit, skewer

Definitions

  1. spit, skewer

Ancestry of “snas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*snaisu—
2Proto-Germanic*snaisōa cut-off twig
3Proto-Indo-Europeansneyt-to cut
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sneyt- →Every word from Proto-Germanic *snaisō →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *snaisu →