Where does “snær” come from?

snær (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic snaiwaz, from Proto-Indo-European snóygʷʰos, from Proto-Indo-European sneygʷʰ- — to snow.

snær (Old Norse): snow

Definitions

  1. snow

Ancestry of “snær”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicsnaiwazsnow
2Proto-Indo-Europeansnóygʷʰossnow
3Proto-Indo-Europeansneygʷʰ-to snow

Words derived from “snær”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sneygʷʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European snóygʷʰos →Every word from Proto-Germanic snaiwaz →