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Where does “snīwaną” come from?

snīwaną (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European sneygʷʰ- — to snow.

snīwaną (Proto-Germanic): to snow

Definitions

  1. to snow

Ancestry of “snīwaną”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeansneygʷʰ-to snow

Words derived from “snīwaną”

  • snew
  • schneien
  • einschneien
  • snuwen
  • snewen
  • snīwan
  • sniwan
  • snuwen
  • snyhen
  • sniwan
  • schneien
  • snīwan
  • snīwan
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sneygʷʰ- →