Where does “snīcan” come from?

snīcan (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic snīkan, from Proto-Germanic snīkaną, from Proto-Indo-European sneyg- — to crawl.

snīcan (Old English): to creep, crawl; to creep; crawl

Definitions

  1. to creep, crawl; to creep; crawl

Ancestry of “snīcan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicsnīkanto crawl; to creep
2Proto-Germanicsnīkanąto crawl; to creep
3Proto-Indo-Europeansneyg-to crawl

Words derived from “snīcan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sneyg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic snīkaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic snīkan →