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Where does “snighil” come from?

snighil (Old Swedish) comes from Old Norse snigill, from Proto-Germanic snigilaz — snail.

Ancestry of “snighil”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsesnigillsnail
2Proto-Germanicsnigilazsnail
Every word from Proto-Germanic snigilaz →