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Where does “sníða” come from?

sníða (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic snīþaną, from Proto-Indo-European sneyt- — to cut.

Ancestry of “sníða”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicsnīþanąto cut
2Proto-Indo-Europeansneyt-to cut

Words derived from “sníða”

  • snida
  • träsnidare
  • sníða
  • sneið
  • ostsneið
  • snikka
  • sniikk
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sneyt- →