Where does “snarka” come from?

snarka (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic snarkōną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)nerg- — to sound, murmur, growl.

Ancestry of “snarka”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicsnarkōnąto snore, snort
2Proto-Indo-European(s)nerg-to sound, murmur, growl

Words derived from “snarka”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)nerg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic snarkōną →
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