Where does “*sneisa” come from?

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

Ancestry of “*sneisa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*snaisu—
2Proto-Germanic*snaisōa cut-off twig
3Proto-Indo-Europeansneyt-to cut

Words derived from “*sneisa”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sneyt- →Every word from Proto-Germanic *snaisō →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *snaisu →