Etymology Explorer › Old Saxon

Where does “snako” come from?

snako (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-Germanic snakô, from Proto-Germanic snakaną, from Proto-Indo-European sneg- — to crawl, creeping thing.

Ancestry of “snako”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicsnakôsnake
2Proto-Germanicsnakanąto crawl
3Proto-Indo-Europeansneg-to crawl, creeping thing

Words derived from “snako”

  • snāke
  • Snake
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sneg- →