Where does “snawceald” come from?

snawceald (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.

snawceald (Old English): cold as snow

Definitions

  1. cold as snow

Ancestry of “snawceald”, step by step

snawceald traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English snāw

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

via Old English ċeald

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishċealdcold, coldness
2Proto-West Germanickaldcold
3Proto-Germanickaldazcold
4Proto-Germanickalanąto be cold, to freeze
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵel-to swallow; swallow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sneygʷʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European snóygʷʰos →Every word from Proto-Germanic snaiwaz →