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Where does “snœri” come from?

snœri (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic nēaną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)neh₁- — to spin , to sew.

Ancestry of “snœri”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicnēanąto sew
2Proto-Indo-European(s)neh₁-to spin , to sew

Words derived from “snœri”

  • nyöri
  • nyöritys
  • nyörittää
  • snöre
  • snøre
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