Where does “snœri” come from?

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

Ancestry of “snœri”, step by step

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

Words derived from “snœri

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)neh₁-Every word from Proto-Germanic nēaną