Where does “snøre” come from?
snøre (Old Swedish) comes from Old Norse snœri, from Proto-Germanic nēaną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)neh₁- — to spin (thread), to sew.
Ancestry of “snøre”, step by step
snøre traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old Norse snœri
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | snœri | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | nēaną | to sew |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)neh₁- | to spin (thread), to sew |
via Norwegian Nynorsk snòr
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | snòr | form removed with the spelling reform of 2012;... |
| 2 | Middle Low German | snor | — |
Words derived from “snøre”