Where does “sníkja” come from?

sníkja (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic snīkaną, from Proto-Indo-European sneyg- — to crawl.

Ancestry of “sníkja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicsnīkanąto crawl; to creep
2Proto-Indo-Europeansneyg-to crawl

Words derived from “sníkja”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sneyg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic snīkaną →
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