Where does “snákr” come from?

snákr (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic snakô, from Proto-Germanic snakaną, from Proto-Indo-European sneg- — to crawl, creeping thing.

snákr (Old Norse): "only in poetry"; a snake

Definitions

  1. "only in poetry"; a snake

Ancestry of “snákr”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicsnakôsnake
2Proto-Germanicsnakanąto crawl
3Proto-Indo-Europeansneg-to crawl, creeping thing

Words derived from “snákr”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sneg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic snakaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic snakô →