Where does “schnieden” come from?

schnieden (Plautdietsch) comes from Middle Low German sniden, from Old Saxon snithan, from Old English snīþan, from Proto-Germanic snīþaną, from Proto-Indo-European sneyt- — to cut.

schnieden (Plautdietsch): to cut

Definitions

  1. to cut

Ancestry of “schnieden”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germansnidento cut; to cut off, to sever, to sunder; to cut...
2Old Saxonsnithanto cut
3Old Englishsnīþanto cut, make an incision, cut off, lance or...
4Proto-Germanicsnīþanąto cut
5Proto-Indo-Europeansneyt-to cut

Words derived from “schnieden”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sneyt- →Every word from Proto-Germanic snīþaną →Every word from Old English snīþan →