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Where does “snīdan” come from?

snīdan (Old High German) comes from Old English snīþan, from Proto-Germanic snīþaną, from Proto-Indo-European sneyt- — to cut.

Ancestry of “snīdan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishsnīþanto cut, make an incision, cut off, lance or...
2Proto-Germanicsnīþanąto cut
3Proto-Indo-Europeansneyt-to cut

Words derived from “snīdan”

  • Ausschnitt
  • ausschneiden
  • Schneider
  • Schneiderkreide
  • Schneiderlein
  • schneidbar
  • Beschneidung
  • Schneidbrenner
  • verschneiden
  • beschnitten
  • beschneiden
  • abschneiden
  • Schneiderin
  • Grimassen schneiden
  • schneiden
  • überschneiden
  • шнајдер
  • šnajder
  • шнајдер
  • snīden
  • snīde
  • שנײַדערײַ
  • שנײַדעריונג
  • שנײַדן
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sneyt- →